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OXFORD VACCINE FACES MORE QUESTIONS BIHAR BJP MLA FILES CASE AGAINST DISNEY INCREASES PLANNED LAYOFFS AIR INDIA RESCHEDULING FOR PASSENGERS AFTER ASTRAZENECA ADMITS ERROR LALU YADAV OVER "POACHING" ATTEMPT TO 32K AS COVID HITS PARKS HELD UP BY FARMERS' PROTESTS

straZeneca Plc and the University of Oxford, among the front-runners case was filed against Rashtriya Janata Dal's jailed president Lalu alt Disney Co said on Wednesday it would lay off about 32,000 Air India has said passengers affected due to traffic disruption on Thursday Ain the quest to deliver a Covid-19 vaccine, face mounting questions AYadav in Patna today by the BJP MLA who he had allegedly called Wworkers, primarily at its theme parks, an increase from the 28,000 amid closure of the borders of the national capital region (NCR) will be about their trial results after acknowledging a manufacturing error. While while in custody and offered a ministerial berth in exchange for helping it announced in September, as the company allowed to reschedule their flights for free. People coming to the national an announcement Monday by Astra and Oxford showed their shot was the opposition in defeating the NDAs candidate for assembly Speaker's struggles with limited customers due to the capital from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh faced traffic snarls at several border 70% effective on average in a late-stage study, the scant details released post. Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil coronavirus pandemic. The layoffs will be in the crossings as the Delhi Police intensified vehicle checking in view of the "Delhi by the UK partners have sparked worries about Kumar Modi, who had flagged the alleged telephone first half of 2021, the company said in a filing with Chalo" march by farmers from Punjab against the whether regulators would clear it. In a later call on his Twitter handle on Tuesday night, shared the Securities and Exchange Commission. A Centre's farm laws. "In view of traffic disruption in statement, Oxford said a difference in manufacturing the information along with the contents of the FIR spokesman for Disney confirmed that the latest NCR region due to closure of Delhi borders, we are processes led to some participants being given a lodged by Lalan Kumar Paswan, on the social media. figures include the 28,000 layoffs announced allowing no-show waiver & one free reschedule to half dose instead of a full one. Astra and Oxford said According to the information shared by Sushil Modi, earlier. Earlier this month, Disney said it was passengers who couldn't report for their flights," Air their vaccine was 90% effective when a half-dose the Pirpainti MLA has lodged his FIR at the vigilance furloughing additional workers from its theme India said on Twitter. "Waiver will be valid for flights was given before a full-dose booster, and that two police station under the Prevention of Corruption Act park in Southern California due to uncertainty over scheduled out of Delhi airport only for 26th full doses showed an efficacy of 62%. and relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code. when the state would allow parks to reopen. November 2020," it added. CM moots third Nivar brings widespread rainfall; port for Vizag AP escapes relatively unscathed district at Rambilli PNS n VIJAYAWADA n Rain brings down mercury sharply n Chittoor, Nellore record 30 cm rainfall n Two persons swept away, feared dead Ramayapatnam, The state government is PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM believed to be seriously con- Bhavanapadu Electricity dept templating developing a port Capital account Severe cyclonic storm Nivar near Rambilli in port tenders convertibility will triggered heavy to heavy remains on Visakhapatnam district. continue: Das rainfall in many parts of The district already has two by December 15 Andhra Pradesh on high alert ports — one owned by the Thursday and also sharply Union Government, and PNS n VIJAYAWADA brought down temperatures, VIJAYAWADA: In view of heavy Gangavaram, the other one, is throwing normal life out of rainfall in parts of the State due to privately owned. Work on developing three 8 gear in the State. cyclone Nivar, Energy Secretary If the idea of Chief Minister ports in the State is expected In Chittoor, one man was Srikant Nagulapalli on Thursday YS Jaganmohan Reddy takes to begin in the coming year. feared to have been swept alerted officials to be cautious and shape, Visakhapatnam will Officials, during a review away by the floodwater prepared to face any eventuality. have a third port at Rambilli, meeting held on Thursday, while two others were res- The Energy Secretary took stock 50 km from Vizag city. informed Chief Minister YS cued by NDRF personnel. of situation and discussed with While reviewing industries Jaganmohan Reddy that they In Nellore, another man CMDs of power discoms — S and ports projects in the state would finalise tenders and reportedly died of electrocu- Nagalakshmi, H Haranatha Rao, J on Thursday, Jagan had direct- hand over the works of tion. Padma Janardhana Reddy and K ed the officials to look into the Ramayapatnam port by Nellore and Chittoor bore Praveen Kumar, grid and possibilities of building a port December 15 and works the brunt of the storm as transmission management, in Rambilli area so that it would begin in February next about 30 cm of rainfall was APTRANSCO and senior engineers would reduce the pressure on year (2021). recorded in some mandals asked them to remain alert and the Visakhapatnam port and An estimated 15 Million in the two districts. take all necessary measures in also reduce pollution. Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA) of Cyclone Nivar made a advance. Officials of SPDCL The move comes in the cargo would be handled with midnight landfall near informed the secretary that power backdrop of citizen’s groups four berths in the first phase at Puducherry. The tropical infrastructure, including 33 kv often raising the issue of pol- Ramayapatnam Port. The storm weakened from a Jagan takes stock of Nivar impact on State lines (154 km), 11 kv lines (426 lution caused by Vizag port officials said they would km), seventy five 33 kv poles, six finalise tenders and hand over "very severe cyclonic storm" some parts of YSR Kadapa and close to the city as it handled ‘Need strong police VIJAYAWADA: hundred 11 kv poles, 400 LT poles the works of Bhavanapadu to a "severe cyclonic storm" Chief Minister Anantapur districts. Nellore ‘dirty/dusty cargo’. force to prevent with a wind speed of 100- YS Jaganmohan Reddy on were damaged in 57 mandals due There have been demands port by December 15 and district received an average to the cyclone. The SPDCL staff works would begin in March 110 km per hour, gusting up Thursday directed officials to rainfall of 7 cm. that the pollution-causing terror attacks’ to 120 km per hour. take all necessary measures to have restored infrastructure in 38 dusty cargo handling be shift- next. The CMO officials said there mandals and the cost of damage 2 Resultantly, many vil- minimise the impact of Cyclone would be inflow into Penna River ed to a faraway place by devel- lages plunged into darkness Nivar on the State. Chairing a was estimated Rs 1.21 crore. oping a new port, similar to while the Somasila project was There were no considerable as power supply was cut review meeting at his camp full to the brim and water would how the Chennai port shifted major port near Nakkapalli 5 off. Roads were inundated office here, the Chief Minister damages of equipment in the its dirty/dusty cargo handling close to Rambilli, which has be released depending upon the due to the incessant rains ordered officials to support the jurisdiction of EPDCL and CPDCL. to Kamarajar port in Ennore. strategic importance. inflows. There has been crop Srikant said that Energy Minister in South Andhra. family of a person who died due damage at some places and However, past experiences The Navy is developing an The cyclone weakened to electric shock in Nellore dis- of cyclone and heavy rains. They Balineni Srinivasa Reddy enquired show that it won’t be so easy alternative naval base ‘Naval damage assessment will be done about the preparedness of the into deep depression over trict. He asked officials to enu- said Cyclone Nivar made landfall as soon as the rains subside, the for the state government to Alternative Operations Base’ South Rayalaseema and its merate damage to crops after the and the intensity was decreasing. department and asked to closely push its idea to develop a port in Rambilli that will house its officials informed the Chief watch the situation and keep all neighbourhood. cyclone-induced rains stop and Erpedu, Srikalahasti, Satyavedu Minister, adding that steps were at Rambilli. nuclear submarines and air- Nellore, Chittoor, to be ready to provide immediate of Chittoor district and the whole staff from village to State level Earlier, the Indian Navy craft carriers in the years to being taken to rescue those alert to face any eventuality. Kadapa, Krishna, relief. The officials briefed the of Nellore district witnessed trapped near the Mallemadugu was said to have objected to a come. Prakasam and East Chief Minister about the impact heavy rainfall and rains battered Reservoir in Renigunta. 2 proposal for developing a 2 Godavari districts received heavy to extremely heavy rainfall at more than 177 places, according to the State Disaster Management Rayalaseema gets more rainfall than coastal AP Cops break up farmers' Authority. Most of the places in the SUMIT ONKA percent excess rain than nor- state received moderate to n VISAKHAPATNAM mal while Kadapa and heavy rainfall under Nivar’s Kurnool 57 percent and 49.4 march on Delhi impact. The generally drought-prone percent excess respectively PNS n MUMBAI ture sector of antiquated pro- Gushing torrents in Winds with a speed of 45- districts in Rayalaseema from this June. Anantapur curement procedures and to Seshachalam 65 kmph lashed Nellore and region of Andhra Pradesh also received 46.6 percent Police on Thursday used allow farmers to sell to insti- Chittoor districts bordering have received more rains than surplus rains. water cannons and tear gas tutional buyers and big inter- ranges are a prayer Tamil Nadu. the coastal districts. Among the coastal dis- shells to disperse thousands of national retailers. But farm answered Tirumala Hills, the abode The state has recorded tricts, the highest surplus farmers marching towards groups in the northern state of of Lord Venkateswara, has 1,000 mm rainfall against the rainfall of 36 percent was New Delhi in a protest against Punjab said the government been receiving almost con- normal of 824 mm with 20 recorded in West Godavari. legislation they fear would was trying to end a decades- tinuous rain since percent excess rainfall. In sharp contrast, end price support for their old policy of providing them Wednesday, causing a lot of After a bountiful monsoon, Rayalaseema most of the time produce, officials said. Prime with an assured minimum 2 hardship to hundreds of Cyclone Nivar has brought to figures on the list of the dri- Minister Narendra Modi’s gov- price for producing staples, devotees stranded there. some parts of the State more est regions in the country. ernment has defended the such as wheat and rice, and rainfall than to other regions. bills enacted in September as turning India into a food sur- TODAY 2 Chittoor recorded 31.8 2 a way to rid the vast agricul- plus nation. ALMANAC Month & Paksham: Kartik & Shukla Paksha Assembly winter Vizag soon to be home to Rare Earth Magnet plant Panchangam SNV SUDHIR Tithi : Dwadashi: 07:45 am n As per a market IREL has also entered into a Nakshatram: Ashwini: 12:22 am (Next Day) n VIJAYAWADA Memorandum of sessions from Nov 30 analysis, the global Understanding (MoU) with Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start PNS n VIJAYAWADA (BAC) meeting that will be Vizag will soon be home to yet BARC, DMRL and any important work) permanent magnets held on Monday, November 3. another strategically impor- market size was valued International Advanced Rahukalam: 10:40 am – 12:03 pm The winter sessions of the The Government plans to tant, and also India’s first-of-its- at USD 20.74 billion in Research Centre for powder Yamagandam: 02:49 pm – 04:12 pm State Legislature — the introduce several Bills for kind, Rare Earth Permanent 2019 metallurgy and new material Varjyam: 07:52 pm – 09:40 pm Assembly and Legislative enactment in both the Houses. Magnet (REPM) plant that (ARCI) for development of Council will commence from Opposition parties had already will produce Samarium Cobalt n rare earth permanent magnet Gulika: 07:54 am - 09:17 am November 30. State Legislature started criticising the govern- (SmCo). The value is expected rings. Good Time: (to start any important work) Secretary B ment, saying that the winter The REPM plant will come to grow at a compound While DMRL has the neces- Amritakalam: 04:16 pm – 06:04 pm Balakrishnamacharyulu on session has been convened up in the Vizag campus of annual growth rate sary technology for production Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:41 am – 12:25 pm Thursday issued the notifica- only to pass the Bills while not Bhabha Atomic Research (CAGR) of 5.9 pc from of rare earth magnets, BARC tion on convening of the fifth enough time is being allowed Centre (BARC). The proposed 2020 to 2027. has developed the technology session of the 15th State for any meaningful debates or REPM production facilities by for manufacturing RE VIJAYAWADA Assembly on November 30 at discussions on people centric state-run Indian Rare Earths Phosphors. WEATHER 9 am. issues. Ltd (IREL) will be of strategic purposes. To establish REPM IREL had recently received has also commenced. Noticeably Japan and India Forecast: Rain The session is likely to be Meanwhile, the State importance to the nation and plant to produce 3 Tonnage Per environmental clearance for IREL’s REPM plant is com- have reached a basic agreement Temp: 24/21 held for five days. However, Cabinet will meet on Friday is a Make-in-India initiative. Annum (TPA) SmCo mag- REPM project from Ministry ing up based on the technolo- to jointly develop rare earths, Humidity: 96% Assembly Speaker Tammineni and may discuss the Bills to be SmCo magnets are used by nets a Special Purpose Vehicle of Environment, Forests gy developed by Bhabha used in the production of sev- Sunrise: 06.27am Sitaram is expected to take a introduced in the ensuing the Department of Atomic (SPV) under DAE was formed (MoEF) and M/s MECON Atomic Research Centre eral high-tech goods from Sunset: 05.39pm decision on the duration of the winter session and also the Energy (DAE), defence and and Indian Rare Earth Ltd Limited, Bengaluru has been (BARC) and Defence Research weapons to cell phones. session and also the agenda at strategy for Covid vaccination space sectors due to their supe- (IREL) is the management appointed as consulting firm Laboratory (DMRL), Current Weather Conditions 2 Updated November 26, 2020 5:00 PM the Business Advisory Council programme. rior properties for strategic agent of the SPV. for detailed engineering. Work Hyderabad. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | NOVEMBER 27, 2020 vijayawada 02 Investors wait, watch as AP delays unveiling new IT policy PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM AP IT department had invit- ed IT Association of Andhra Even as the Adani Integrated Pradesh and other stakehold- Data Centre Park takes shape ers in order to elicit suggestions after the State Government for the drafting of IT policy, he allotting land in Vizag, inordi- added. Narayana opined that nate delay in launching of the the state government bring IT Policy-2020-24 is forcing the new IT Policy comple- investors to adopt a wait-and- menting the benefits watch approach. announced for the IT sector in The AP IT Policy, AP the Union Budget-2020-21. Electronic Policy, Innovation “IT/ITes units in Andhra Kanchikamakoti Peetham head pontiff Swamy Vijayendra Saraswathi at Tulasi Vivaham held at Vasantha Mandapam and Start-up Policy framed in Pradesh are upbeat over the atop Tirumala temple of Lord Venkateswara on THursday 2014 lapsed in 2020. plan of the state government to Moreover, the incentives make Vizag executive capital. promised by the previous Executive Capital tag would regime are yet to be released to give a fillip to the IT ecosystem the IT sector. in Visakhapatnam. IT units Pontiff extols virtues of Tulasi plant In a recent industrial meet- would always evince interest to ing organised in Vizag, senior set up their shops close to the PNS n VIJAYAWADA leaders in the YSRCP power corridor,” he said. Government said “the draft is Andhra Pradesh topped in Tulasi Vivaham is observed Gushing torrents in Seshachalam ready and it’s just a matter of Industry (CCITI)’ would be The pending incentive promised by the TDP govern- the country in generating BPO for the well being of all liv- time before the policy is formed with the representatives amount would amount to ment and also the assurance of and IT-enabled services under ing beings in the universe, ranges are a prayer answered unveiled”. of IT/Electronics industry and around Rs 50 crore for the IT the incumbent government in India BPO Promotion Scheme Sri Sri Sri Vijayendra The State Government had the other stakeholders, the industry. January. Besides, all eyes are on (IBPS) initiated by the Union Saraswathi Swamy of earlier issued a GO pertaining government had said, adding IT Association of AP the final draft of the new IT Government’s body Software Kanchikamakoti Peetham to release of incentives to IT that the CCITI would admin- (ITAAP) member RL policy. Investors would be def- Technology Parks of India said on Thursday, after units in January this year. A ister the release of incentives in Narayana said: “What we see is initely willing to see the poli- (STPI), he said, adding that the gracing the celestial fete ‘Consultative Committee on a speedy, time-bound and that the IT units are eagerly cy first before playing their executive capital tag would conducted at Vasantha Information Technology transparent manner. waiting for the incentives as investment card. further spur its growth. Mandapam. The pontiff said that Tulasi Vivaham occupies an important place in the Hindu Sanatana Dharma. Ramayapatnam, CM moots third “In the life cycle of a human being, the marital phase has a significant role to play. Tulsi has got both Bhavanapadu port tenders... port for Vizag the spiritual and medicinal values in it. Hence, Tulasi Continued from Page 1 Bhogapuram airport, construc- They explained the activities (basil) is considered the tion of beach road from in Srikalahasti and Erpedu most sacred plant in every An estimated 25 MTPA of Bhogapuram airport to nodes and stressed the neces- district at Rambilli Hindu household. Women cargo would be handled with Visakhapatnam City, construc- sity of Air Cargo. Continued from Page 1 Three places were shortlist- offer regular pujas to the four berths in first phase in the tion of Metro Rail at The Chief Minister directed ed for the proposed port, tulasi plant with utmost Priests performing special pujas to Chakraatheertham in Tirumala on the occassion of Bhavanapadu port and hand Visakhapatnam and supplying the officials to focus on devel- Vizag is already headquar- Nakkapalli in Vizag district, reverence seeking prosperi- Chakratheertha Mukkoti on Thursday. A team of archakas, temple staff performed the over works of Machilipatnam drinking water from oping air cargo facilities at ters of Eastern Naval Ramayapatnam in Prakasam ty and longevity of their celestial puja to the holy waters by offering turmeric, vermilion, flowers and Harati. port would be by February 15 Polavaram to Visakhapatnam Tirupati, Nellore and Kadapa Command (ENC). district and Dugarajapatnam husband's life,” he added. next year (2021) and works through pipeline. airports. In the past, the AP govern- in Nellore district. Later he appreciated the would begin in April next. He asked the officials to pre- The officials explained the ment, under the Centre’s The high-level committee Karthika Masa Deeksha mong the important rainfall recorded in Also, 26 MTPA of cargo would pare a DPR for Polavaram - progress of works in Orvakalu Maritime Agenda of 2010-20, appointed by the Union programme organised by torrents located in the Papavinasanam is 313mm be handled with six berths in Visakhapatnam drinking water node. The Chief Minister said had approached the Union Government visited three TTD authorities in Alush green hills of (697.14 FRL as the first phase in supply project. that industries should use Government for a second places in 2013 and submitted Vasantha Mandapam and Seshachalam ranges, against its capacity of 698.85 Machilipatnam port, the offi- The Chief Minister said desalination water as much as major port to tap the foreign its report to the Centre rec- said these activities will glo- Chakratheertham is consid- FRL at Gogarbham - 247 mm cials said. Bhavanapadu, Machilipatnam possible and added that desali- trade potential the State’s 972 ommending Ramayapatnam rify Hindu Sanatana ered to be on the most sacred (2894 FRL and its full to its Chief Minister YS and Ramayapatnam ports nation water costs only Rs km-long coastline offers. The though Nakkapalli close to Dharma. theerthams located in capacity), Akasaganga is 176 Jaganmohan Reddy said that should be completed within 0.04 per litre and it would save Visakhapatnam port is the Rambilli is technically feasi- Earlier, the pontiff partic- Tirumala. mm (865 FRL and it is also priority should be given to two and half years. drinking water. The Chief only major port in the state. ble. ipated in Tulasi Dhaatri Due to incessant rainfalls brimming) while at construction of ports and fish- The officials explained the Minister instructed them to set Sahita Damodara from the past two days, the Kumaradhara and ing harbours. development of works at up Sewage Sanitation Centres Archanam, Kalyanam and Chakratheertham is gush- Pasupudhara, the rainfall He listed as priority projects Achuthapuram cluster and (SPTs) in industrial corridors Puja programmes. The ing. recorded was 155 mm each the construction of three ports Nakkapalli Cluster of and industrial areas to ensure idols of the deities were As the Chakratheertha (capacity of the dams is and eight fishing harbours, Vishakapatnam Node in groundwater is not polluted brought to Vasanta Mukkoti fell on Thursday, a 898.24 FRL and both are development of Kopparthi Visakhapatnam - Chennai due to effluents released from Mandapam and Agama team of archakas and temple full). industrial Cluster, Industrial Corridor (VCIC). industries. Advisor Mohana staff performed special The beauty of the Seven Rangacharyulu explained prayers to the holy waters by Hills enhanced with the tor- the importance of the day. offering turmeric, vermilion, rents flashing out at different Later, the celestial wed- flowers and Harati. After points both in up and down ding was performed to the many years, this torrent is in ghat roads due to the nonstop Nivar brings widespread Tulasi and Amla plant. its full swing during its downpour in the last two An idol of Goddess Mukkoti. days providing a cynosure to Tulasi was the special Meanwhile, all five dams in the visiting pilgrims and attraction. Tirumala are brimming with denizens. The Malavadi rainfall; AP escapes relatively TTD additional EO AV water and the TTD authori- Gundem, Pancha Dharma Reddy, Agama ties have lifted the gates of Theerthams, Continued from Page 1 Advisor Sundaravaradan, Gogarbham and Kapilatheertham are seen chief priest Venugopala Papavinasanam dams. gushing from the top of the In Nellore district, among Deekshitulu and others In the last 24 hours, start- mountains due to the non- the worst hit places in AP, at were present. ing from 8 am of Wednesday, stop rains of the last two days. least 3,363 people were shift- ed to 115 relief camps from vulnerable areas, according to district Collector Chakradhar Babu. The Swarnamukhi river Electricity dept remains on... in SPS Nellore district was in spate while the Somasila reser- Rayalaseema gets... Continued from Page 1 forecasted heavy rains to voir received an inflow of extremely heavy rains 65,000 cusecs. Sandbags were Continued from Page 1 and hence they are called “Senior officials in in those four districts placed at several places to ‘rain shadow areas’. Rayalaseema and parts and strong surface winds divert the flood waters. The drought-prone Rayalaseema also comes of South Coastal Andhra with 50 to 60 kms in Holidays have been declared Rayalaseema region — under the area. should be on high alert Chittoor district. for educational institutions till Kurnool, Kadapa, Anantapur, When the moisture-laden as these areas may be hit He said that the offi- Monday. Chittoor— is known as the monsoon doesn’t always bring by heavy rains and cials need to ensure men NDRF personnel rescued rain-shadow area after receiv- any rains to this region, gales,” the Minister said. and material required two farmers, while another Mallemadugu reservoir is in farmers are seen holding on to ing good rainfall. absence of any sea system and Srikant asked officials are kept ready at strate- went missing after they were spate due to the Cyclone Nivar branches of trees to save them- The eastern parts of south the east-west shear wind mov- to keep the staff and offi- gic locations to meet trapped in floodwaters in inducted heavy rainfall. The selves. Timely action by the peninsular India, south of 16 ing towards the north and not cials in the districts of any eventuality and for Chittoor district. The inci- farmers were caught in the police, fire brigadiers and the degrees north latitude, do not along the Rayalaseema region Chittoor, YSR Kadapa, rectification of works dent occurred at Diksha in floodwaters. NDRF team helped rescue the get enough rain, as they are (below 13 degrees of the lati- Nellore and Prakasam in case of any break- Yer p edu mandal. In a picture going viral, the farmers. shielded by the Western Ghats tude) adds to its woes. districts as the IMD down.

VIJAYAWADA BULLION RATES HC pulls up TS Govt Vizag soon to be home to Rare State keeps recording GOLD ` 49,760 (10 gm) ` 10 for low testing Earth Magnet plant low positivity rate SILVER n Continued from Page 1 tion capability and stability at PNS n VIJAYAWADA tests so far, the overall infec- ` 64,000 (1kg) Court had directed 50K tests per day n Key factors driving the high temperatures. This IREL tion positivity rate in the state ` 200 PNS n HYDERABAD complying with its orders. “Presently India is depen- permanent magnets market Plant will supply the SmCo Despite almost the same num- declined to 8.78 per cent. The official submitted before dent on the imports of Rare growth include increasing magnets in a continuous man- ber of tests being conducted According to the latest The Telangana High Court on the court that testing was Earth value added products. demand for electronics, such ner of various strategic pro- daily, Covid-19 positive cases media bulletin released by CHICKEN Thursdayissued contempt being done for the people Dependence on import of as computers, laptops, jects. Product output of the continue to stay around the State Command RATES `/KG notice against a senior state coming to the testing centres these SmCo magnets will music systems, televisions, project will be fully utilised by the thousand cases Control Room, health official for not comply- and that they cannot compel a impede our country’s growth and smartphones. DAE/DMRL to meet the mark, indicating a 67,269 samples Dressed/With Skin `158 ing withits order that 50,000 citizen to be screened for the in atomic energy, defence, n strategic needs of the country. declining infection were tested in the COVID diagnostic testsbe virus. space and other strategic sec- The medical industry is a REPM are essentially required and positivity rate. 24 hours ending Without Skin `180 vital segment of the market Broiler at Farm `109 conducted daily and one lakh The court said the tests tors. This project is first of its by India for meeting strategic A total of 1,031 Thursday 9 am. tests once a week. were not conductedas per its kind in the country and the and with increasing Covid-19 objectives pertaining to the new Covid-19 cases Guntur district Hearing a batch of PILs on directions and it was nothing technology for RE metal alloy cases across the globe, the Atomic Energy programme. were reported in Andhra registered the high- EGG COVID pandemic, a division but contempt as it asked him (SmCo5) and RE Permanent demand for ventilators is Apart from its usage in Pradesh on Thursday, tak- est number of cases bench, headed by Chief Justice to explain. Magnet (SmCo5 & rising significantly, which is strategic applications, SMCo ing the gross to 8,65,705. The (172), followed by Krishna RATES `/100 boosting the market growth Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, It further directed the state Sm2Co17)have been devel- and other REPM products like lowest one-day spike of just 21 (162), West Godavari (126), VIJAYAWADA 438 issued the notice to Director of government to increase the oped by BARC and DMRL Ferrite, Neodymium Iron infections was recorded in East Godavari (117) and HYDERABAD 420 Public Health Dr G Srinivasa number of RT-PCR labs from indigenously,” said BARC’s Vizag campus. Boron (NdFeB) and Kurnool district. The death Chittoor district reported 102 Rao asking him to explain existing 17 to 23 and also to Environmental Clearance (EC) SmCo magnets have superi- Aluminium Nickel Cobalt toll increased to 6,970 with cases. Less than 100 people VISAKHAPATNAM 435 within two weeks why con- increase the number of mobile copy issued by MoEF. or qualities in terms of high (Alnico) have the good market eight more people succumbing tested Covid-19 positive in RETAIL PRICE `4.38 tempt proceedings should not testing vans and the area cov- The REPM Plant will come magnetic strength, corrosion world over for their commer- to the virus. eight districts of the state on (IN VIJAYAWADA) be initiated against him for not ered by them. up in a 2.92 acre plot in resistance, device miniaturisa- cial usage. After 98.55 lakh samples Thursday.

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Printed and published by B Krishna Prasad for and on behalf of CMYK Printech Ltd., Phone: 040-23322341, Hyderabad Office: F-502, Diamond Block, Lumbini Rockdale, Somajiguda, Hyderabad - 500 082. Telangana. Printed at Sree Seshasai Enterprises, Plot No.19, IDA Balanagar , Hyderbad-500037, Medchal -Malkajgiri District, Telangana. Chief Editor: Chandan Mitra. Resident Editor: B Krishna Prasad, AIR SURCHARGE of Rs 2.00. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | NOVEMBER 27, 2020 vijayawada 03 JAGAN DOING FULL JUSTICE TO THE Non-stop attacks on Constitution under Jagan rule, alleges Naidu CONSTITUTION, SAY YSRCP LEADERS PNS n VIJAYAWADA TDP national president and PNS n VIJAYAWADA former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on .YSRCP supremo and Chief Thursday paid rich tributes to Minister YS Jaganmohan Dr BR Ambedkar and other Reddy on Thursday paid rich stalwarts on the occasion of tributes to Dr BR Ambedkar to Constitution Day being cele- mark the National Constitution brated across the country. Day, at his camp office here. Naidu recalled the outstand- Minister Mekapati Goutham ing services rendered by our Reddy, Chief Secretary Nilam forefathers in laying strong Sawhney, MP Nandigam foundations to the vibrant Suresh, MLA Meruga Indian democracy which uphold the spirit of the Constitutional rights was evi- Nagarjuna and several high- became an inspiration for Constitution were undermin- dent from how the atrocities ranking officials were present. many other countries in the ing it, which was highly unpar- cases were booked against the At the YSRCP's central world. donable. However well placed SCs themselves," the former office, TTD chairman YV "Unfortunately, it's painful to they may be, everybody should chief minister said. Subba Reddy said that India see Andhra Pradesh becoming abide by the Constitution," The TDP chief expressed has become a great democrat- a stage for the non-stop viola- Naidu added. concern that the farmers were ic nation due to the efforts of tions of the Constitution and Extending his greetings on handcuffed even as joint sui- BR Ambedkar who authored unchecked atrocities against all the 71st Constitution Day to all cides were committed, unable a Constitution that guarantees sections of citizens," he said. Telugu people, Naidu said lib- to bear harassment from the fundamental rights to all cit- The TDP chief deplored erty, freedom and fraternity ruling party leaders. izens. that all the four pillars of were the foundations of a "Gang rapes and attacks on Drawing inspiration from democracy - legislature, exec- democracy. the Opposition have become the Constitution, Chief utive, judiciary and the media "It's painful that in AP, all the order of the day. The gen- Minister YS Jaganmohan - are under threat in the pre- dissenting voices are being eral public should strongly Reddy has been working sent regime. suppressed, the media muz- oppose the suppression of the towards social justice by imple- "It's the responsibility of zled, fundamental rights tram- aspirations and hopes of our menting various welfare every citizen to protect these pled upon and false cases and elders for shaping a bright schemes in the most transpar- institutions from the chaotic illegal detentions resorted to. future for the young genera- ent manner, Subba Reddy said. forces. Those who had to The flagrant violation of tions," he observed. He went on to criticise the pre- vious TDP government, accus- ing it of having violated the Constitution by inducting members of the opposition Maoist leader killed 18-yr-old party into the State cabinet. Referring to TDP leaders, he killed in said that some are still going against the Constitution by in exchange of fire mishap trying to influence the consti- and emerge as a role model for tutional bodies and managing other states in the country. PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM One Naxalite suffered inj- PNS n HYDERABAD the systems. Reiterating that the State uries, while the rest managed Home Minister Mekathoti government is working on the In an exchange of fire between to flee the scene, Khilari said. A teenager died in a road Sucharita said that that lines of BR Ambedkar ideolo- security personnel and the The dead Maoist has been accident at Punjagutta on Ambedkar had worked to gy, Minister for Education Naxalites along the Andhra- identified as Kishor. Wednesday morning. eradicate untouchability in the Adimulapu Suresh said that the Odisha border, a Maoist leader Police intensified combing The victim identified as country and thus brought the public has witnessed the land was killed and another injured operations in the area to flush Zaheer Ali Khan, 18, a resi- Constitution that safeguards scam in Amaravati and now in Malkangiri on Thursday. out left wing extremists from dent of Old Malakpet was the interests of the weaker with Supreme Court order, Based on credible informa- Swabhiman Anchal. going on a motorcycle along sections and supports people of they feel that justice has been tion about the movement of Odisha DGP Abhay tweeted, with his cousin Abbas Mirza. backward classes. done. The government is ded- the Reds, BSF jawans launched "There was an exchange of fire When they reached the She said that the Chief schemes to ensure that all sec- icated to provide transparent a combing operation at Jantri between security forces and Raj Bhavan road, the bike Minister had given a place in besides implementing 50 per- The government is moving tions get benefited in accor- governance leaving no scope forest in Swabhiman Anchal, a Maoists today in Swabhiman skidded and they fell on the the Cabinet to all sections, cent reservation to women. ahead with a number of welfare dance with the Constitution for corruption, he added. remote place in Malkangiri, Anchal. The body of a Maoist road. Both of them sustained said Malkangiri Sp Rishikesh with an AK 47 has been recov- injuries and were rushed to a Khilari. ered and one injured Maoist is hospital where Zaheer was The security personnel retal- being evacuated. Security force pronounced dead by the doc- iated to the firing, killing one personnel are safe. Well done tors. Abbas escaped with Police dept has surrendered Constitution Day of the rebels on the spot. security forces (sic)". minor injuries. to political bosses: Lokesh celebrated in Vizag Offsite mock drill for Ammonia PNS n VIJAYAWADA PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM TDP national general secretary As a part of 71st Constitution gas leak organised in Mulagada and former minister Nara Day celebrations, Naval per- Lokesh on Thursday accused sonnel of Indian Navy Ships, the Guntur Urban police of submarines, Naval Air Stations PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM acting against the interests of and shore Establishments and Precautions the SCs and Dalit communities Defence Civilians of Eastern Coromandel International by making wrongful arrests Naval Command joined the Limited on Thursday arranged n Wet cloth to be used as mask not to move upstairs. and using intimidation tactics Nation in celebrating the an off-site emergency mock n Move perpendicular to the n If not close all doors and against them. Constitution Day by reading of drill on ammonia toxic gas wind direction windows stay inside the house Lokesh alleged that the the Preamble and the release scenario at Mulagada n Move to the ground floor and until rescue arrives. police wrongfully arrested Fundamental Duties village, in the vicinity of the TDP activist Maniratnam on enshrined in the Constitution Simultaneously, the Deputy company, as per the instruc- 3.25 pm, Ammonia release cue team to the nearest assem- charges of making a post on on Thursday. HoDs along with staff admin- tions of district Collector V. scenario was postulated in the bly point. social media about the Ponnur make public the CCTV footage The YSRCP leaders set their The Visakhapatnam Port istered pledge in their respec- Vinay Chand. plant premises which in turn Departments from district MLA. at the Pedakakani police sta- sights on the property of a Trust (VPT) to celebrated tive departments. For the last one week, emer- led to an offsite emergency in crisis group and government The ruling party was afraid tion to ascertain whether lonely woman who had to Constitution Day on Damodaram Sanjivayya gency preparedness awareness nearby Mulagada village. officials from Police, village of the TDP cadres and such Maniratnam was arrested or earn her livelihood for protect- Thursday. On the occasion National Law University creation activities were being Ambulances and fire tender secretariat team and Non- arrests reflected the cowardly not," he said. ing her two children. President Ram Nath Kovind (DSNLU) Vice-Chancellor, carried out for Mulagada and reached the incident spot from Governmental Organisations activities of the government, he Lokesh released a photo- Nara Lokesh demanded administered Constitution Prof S. Surya Prakash read out nearby villages involving vil- Coromandel. participated in the mock drill. said. graph of the released Manirat- immediate action against the Day Pledge. the Preamble of Indian lage leaders, village secretari- As part of mutual aid, ambu- J Siva Shankar Reddy, Joint In a statement here on nam at the police station. ruling party leaders who were K. Rama Mohana Rao, IAS, Constitution and all the staff at staff and volunteers. lances and fire tender from Chief Inspector of Factories Thursday, Lokesh said that Earlier, the former minister harassing the hapless woman Chairman, Visakhapatnam followed him. Prof. Bhavani These included team inter- Andhra Petrochemicals lauded Coromandel for con- instead of doing justice to the slammed the ruling party lead- and saving their family. Port Trust (VPT), along with Prasad Panda, in-change reg- action, display banners on Limited, Hindustan Petroleum ducting off site mock drill in aggrieved party, the police ers for trying to grab the hotel The ongoing atrocities Secretary and other depart- istrar of the University, Do’s and Don’ts in local lan- Corporation Limited and also a systematic manner and cre- were taking action that would and the site belonging to a revealed how the common ment heads participated and Academic Director Dr guage and also extensive cog- St. Ann’s Hospital aided in res- ating very good awareness to harm the SCs. poor BC woman at Satuluru in people had no security and took pledge virtually at Dayananda Murthy, teaching nisance through audio visuals cue operations. the community members "If the Guntur Urban SP Chilakaluripeta assembly con- right to live under the present Administration Office and non-teaching members display by mobile vehicle. Mulagada residents were through their various aware- had any courage, he should stituency. atrocious regime. Building, VPT. were present. As part of the Mock Drill, at evacuated by Coromandel res- ness programmes. Realtors optimistic as interest in realty picks up ‘We Love Reading' campaign C PRADEEP KUMAR Vijayawada city are optimistic n VIJAYAWADA and many are planning real estate ventures and gated town- launched; to focus on students About a year after the State ship ventures. Government revealed the pro- Earlier, after the announce- PNS n VIJAYAWADA oritised the education sector and most importantly provid- posal to decentralise adminis- ment of three capital for the and implemented various ing two library periods, one is tration, the realty sector in State — with Visakhapatnam as welfare schemes like Amma for Telugu reading and the Krishna district, particularly the executive capital, Minister for Education Vodi, Vidhya Kanuka, Vasati other is for English. Vijayawada city and its periph- Amaravati as administrative Adimulapu Suresh launched Deevena, Vidhya Deevena As part of classroom read- eral areas, is witnessing poten- capital and Kurnool as judicial the 'We Love Reading' cam- and was also bringing a new ing, a reading corner with all tial investors. capital — the real estate busi- paign at Venkateswara vibe to state-run schools the available library books However, while the number ness in and around Amaravati Vignana mandiram in Guntur through Nadu-Nedu. and reading cards will be of people going around the came to a standstill. Covid-19 here on Thursday. The campaign aims at made available in each class- lands put up for sale has pandemic pushed it into a Speaking on the occasion, transforming non-readers to room. Similarly with school increased, this has not yet deeper crisis. the Minister said that Chief readers by cultivating the book banks, where books of translated into sales. Realtors are hoping that the Minister YS Jaganmohan habit of reading. all kinds will be collected For about the last one month good old days return soon. Reddy has laid special focus We Love Reading cam- from teachers, students and now, increased footfall is being Varsha Construction and on inculcating the habit of paign focuses on developing even donors, for reading seen at real estate ventures and Developers CEO D Swarupa reading among the students foundational literacy skills The programme is based gated communities in and around Ponnari said that after lifting of and thus introduced the cam- both conceptual and skill- on a survey provided by Vijayawada. The realty sector the lockdown, business is slow- paign. based knowledge among stu- ASER data which says that had collapsed last December not much difference in the buzz about the increase in the The possibility that Kishna ly picking up. “All through 'We Love Reading', a one- dents and intends to build 77.6 percent of third stan- after the announcement of the number of registrations per number of districts in AP, pos- district, that has its headquar- November, we had some good year reading fluency cam- advanced skills after the foun- dards and 52.2 percent of three capitals by Chief Minister month before lockdown after sibly to 26 from the present 13. ters in Machilipatnam, will be enquiries from potential cus- paign takes place in four dation. fifth standard students are YS Jaganmohan Reddy. ‘Unlock’,” said K Srinivas, An official announcement is carved into two and tomers. More people are phases - Preparatory, The advanced skills include not able to read class two Perhaps it’s because of the Registrar, Gandhi Nagar Sub- expected in January and if the Vijayawada district would expressing interest. It’s only a Foundation, Advanced and phonemic awareness, alpha- books and speaks about how fluctuating markets or per- Registrar office State Government does go come into being is enough for matter of time before this Valedictory - to improve the betic principle, reading fluen- the reading skills have dete- haps its return of investor con- He said that on average 800 ahead with the plan, the reor- some potential buyers. They translates into deals,” Ponnari reading skills of children from cy, vocabulary among others. riorated over a period of fidence, but a drive around the registrations are being done at ganisation will come into effect may not be willing to invest in said. Classes III to IX. Awareness will be created on time. peripheries of the city shows the office per month during the from January 26. real estate right now, but they D Ratnakar, a financier, said Speaking on the occasion, using e-books and digital So far, about 45,359 schools that the number of cars zoom- last two months. “This is about “People are optimistic that are more than willing to go that in the present circum- Home Minister Mekathoti libraries wherever infrastruc- registered under the Readers ing in and out of real estate 10 per cent less compared to smaller districts would lead to about and identify some par- stances, it’s better to invest in Sucharita urged students to ture is available. Clubs and 72 percent of these ventures has increased. last year,” Srinivas said. a real estate boom. However, cel of land that they believe land than lending money on inculcate the habit of reading The main activities to be schools have libraries. The “After lockdown, registration Then what explains the no one is quite sure if this would pay dividends in the interest. He said that even FDs books and newspapers on a taken up in this campaign are, existing school libraries and activity restarted on July 14, the increase in footfalls to real would happen, but investor long term. in banks are not safe these days daily basis to gain knowledge classroom reading, school available village libraries will date announced by the Centre estate ventures? interest has been piqued,” said Even landowners in the as some banks have pulled and build personality. She book bank, community read- be strengthened and utilised for ‘Unlock’. However, there is It may have to do with the a realtor. towns and villages surrounding down their shutters. said that the government pri- ing centre, reading festivals for this initiative. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | NOVEMBER 27, 2020 nation 04 6 States/UTs contributed 60.72% Nivar weakens into cyclonic storm of 44,489 fresh COVID cases: HM PNS n CHENNAI The severe cyclonic storm PNS n NEW DELHI which have contributed to the Haryana with 7,959 cases per Nivar weakened into a cyclonic maximum daily new cases and million population. storm over coastal Tamil Nadu The Union health ministry on deaths. It said 61 per cent of Their cases per million fig- and it is set to further weaken Thursday said 60.72 per cent of the total COVID-19 deaths ures are higher as compared to into a deep depression, the the 44,489 fresh COVID-19 are concentrated in these eight the national average of 6,715. India Meteorological cases registered in a span of 24 states/UTs. The total COVID-19 recov- Department said on Thursday. hours have been contributed by The case fatality rates of ered cases in India are nearing "Severe cyclonic storm Nivar six states and UTs, with Kerala Punjab (3.16 per cent), 87 lakh (86,79,138) and the weakened into a cyclonic storm leading the tally followed by Maharashtra (2.60 per cent), national recovery rate stands at over north coastal Tamil Nadu. Maharashtra, Delhi, West West Bengal (1.75 per cent) 93.66 per cent. A total of 36,367 The cyclonic storm Nivar would Bengal, Rajasthan and Uttar and Delhi (1.60 per cent) are recoveries have been registered continue to move northwest- Pradesh. higher than the national aver- in a span of 24 hours in the wards and weaken further into It said 60.50 per cent of the age of 1.46 per cent, the min- country, the ministry said. a deep depression during next Nivar made landfall near inundation and uprooting of 524 latest fatalities are concen- istry said. Fifteen states and UTs have a 06 hours and into a depression Puducherry in the wee hours trees. Nivar also weakened trated in six states and Union Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, recovery rate more than the by subsequent 06 hours," the of today even as heavy rains into a severe cyclonic storm territories--Delhi, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Kerala have a national average, it said. IMD said on its twitter handle. lashed Tamil Nadu and the after it crossed coast near West Bengal, Haryana, Punjab new cases. COVID-19 caseload at case fatality rate of 1.43 per India's COVID-19 caseload Very severe cyclonic storm union territory leading to Puducherry. and Uttar Pradesh. Delhi with 99 deaths report- 4,52,344 is 4.88 per cent of the cent, 1.02 per cent, 0.87 per increased to 92.66 lakh with Kerala leads the tally with ed the maximum new fatalities. total coronavirus cases, and has cent and 0.37 per cent, respec- 44,489 new infections being 6,491 new COVID-19 cases Maharashtra saw a fatality been sustained below the 5 per tively. reported in a day, while the registered in a span of 24 count of 65 followed by West cent mark. Delhi has 29,169 COVID-19 death toll climbed to 1,35,223 PM to visit hours, while Maharashtra has Bengal with 51 deaths, the According to the ministry, cases per million followed by with 524 new fatalities, the reported 6,159 new cases fol- ministry said. 65 per cent of the active cases Kerala with 16,201 cases, ministry data updated at 8 am Serum Institute HC: Avoid cash fines for lowed by Delhi with 5,246 India's present active are in eight states and UTs Maharashtra with 14,584 and on Thursday showed. of India in Pune violation of Covid norms on Nov 28 India has highest Haryana sets up panel to PNS n PUNE PNS n NEW DELHI lecting fines, in case it is not there already. The court also Prime Minister Narendra The Delhi High Court Thur asked the Delhi government as bribery rate in Asia Modi will on Saturday visit sday said the police and the to what it has done with the draft law on ‘love jihad' the Pune-based Serum authorities concerned should huge amounts collected as Institute of India,which has avoid collecting fines in cash fines and suggested that they PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n CHANDIGARH partnered with global phar- for violation of COVID-19 nor be utilised for the purpose of ma giant AstraZeneca and ms and the AAP government fighting COVID-19. India has the highest bribery Haryana's Home Minister the Oxford University for should create a portal for it. With regard to Delhi gov- rate in Asia and the most Anil Vij on Thursday said the COVID-19 vaccine, a senior On the Delhi government's ernment submission that it has number of people who use state government has set up a official said on Thursday. decision to bring down the increased RT/PCR test num- personal connections to access three-member committee to The Central Drug Stand number of attendees at wed- bers to 40,000 per day, the public services, according to a draft a law against “love jihad”, ard Control Organis ation has dings to 50, the high court bench remarked that it came new report by corruption a term used by BJP leaders to granted permission for man- asked as to how the rule was after much pushing and prod- watchdog Transparency describe religious conversions ufacture of COVID-19 vac- being enforced and whether ding by the court and after loss International. in the guise of marriage. cine for pre-clinical test, there were any protocols in of a lot of lives. The Global Corruption red tape and unclear regulato- The minister's statement examination and analysis to place to implement it as a lot RT/PCR, or Reverse Trans Barometer (GCB) – Asia, ry frameworks force citizens to comes days after the Uttar seven firms, two of which are of weddings are held during cription Polymerase Chain found that nearly 50 per cent seek out alternate solutions to Pradesh government cleared a the Serum Institute of India this time of the year. Reaction, is a laboratory tech- of those who paid bribes were access basic services through draft ordinance against con- (SII) and the Gennova Bioph A bench of Justices Hima nique widely used in the diagno- asked to, while 32 per cent of networks of familiarity and version through force or armaceuticals. "We have rece Kohli and Subramonium sis of genetic diseases and to mea- those who used personal con- petty corruption, the report fraudulent means. Deepak Manchanda. Ballabhgarh. ived a confirmation about Prasad said that in the present sure gene expression in research. nections said they would not said. But even before the UP Earlier this month, Vij had "Anyone can marry anyone, PM Modi's visit to the Serum day and time, "cash transac- The court was hearing a PIL receive the service otherwise. "Both national and state ordinance was cleared, Vij told the Haryana Assembly anyone can fall in love with Institute of India on Saturday, tions need to be avoided" and by advocate Rakesh Malhotra The report is based upon governments need to stream- had announced that a com- that the state government is anyone. But if there is a con- but his minute-to -minute there should be a provision for seeking increase in the the survey which was conduct- line administrative processes mittee was being set up in considering a law against "love spiracy for changing religion program is yet to be received," paying the fines electronically. COVID-19 testing numbers in ed between June 17 and July 17 for public services, implement Haryana to frame a new law. jihad" and has sought infor- by trapping someone in love, Pune Divisional Commiss It said the government the national capital and getting this year in India with a sam- preventative measures to com- The Haryana committee mation from Himachal then it is very important to ioner Saurabh Rao said. should have a portal for col- speedy results. ple size of 2,000. bat bribery and nepotism, and will also study laws enacted by Pradesh. stop that conspiracy. We will "With the highest bribery invest in user-friendly online other states on the issue, Vij The Himachal Pradesh take whatever steps are rate (39 per cent) in the region, platforms to deliver essential said. Assembly had passed a bill last required," he had said. India also has the highest rate public services quickly and He tweeted that the “draft- year against conversion by Recently, he also praised the of people using personal con- effectively," the report said. ing committee formed to force, inducement or through Yogi Adityanath-led BJP gov- Leverage tech to beat nections to access public ser- Although reporting cases of frame law on love jihad” in a marriage solemnised for ernment in Uttar Pradesh for vices (46 per cent)," the report corruption is critical to curb- Haryana will be made up of the "sole purpose" of adopting approving a draft ordinance to said. ing the spread, a majority of state Home Secretary T L a new religion. deal with religious conversion Bribery in public services citizens in India (63 per cent) Satyaprakash, Additional The minister was then for the sake of marriage, Covid: V-P to students continues to plague India. think that if they report cor- Director General of Police replying to a calling attention which could land violators in Slow and complicated bureau- ruption, they will suffer retal- Navdeep Singh Virk and motion in the House on the jail for up to 10 years if the PNS n NEW DELHI cratic process, unnecessary iation, it said. Additional Advocate General murder of a young woman in woman is a minor. Urging students to leverage technology to create opportu- nities out of the COVID-19 Temperatures pandemic instead of looking at ED arrests alleged associate of Sena MLA it as a crisis, Vice President M settle above Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday PNS n NEW DELHI/MUMBAI tioned the MLA's elder son said India is the best place right Vihang. now to implement their busi- The Enforcement Directorate Sarnaik, 56, represents the normal in ness ideas. (ED) has arrested Amit Ovala-Maijwada constituency Naidu also asked universi- Chandole, an alleged associate in the Maharashtra Legislative Punjab ties to prepare students to of Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Assembly and is also a effectively deal with real-world Sarnaik, in connection with its spokesperson for his party. PNS n CHANDIGARH challenges as he cited the money laundering case against The legislator was in news example of the pandemic that a security service provider com- when he wrote a letter seeking The minimum temperature caught all countries off-guard pany and others, official sources re-opening of an alleged abet- in Haryana and Punjab on and unprepared. He asked educators to take respects nature. He stressed on said on Thursday. ment to suicide case of 2018 in Thursday hovered few notch- "For those of you seeking to inspiration from the holistic the need to equip engineers They said Chandole has been which Republic TV's editor-in- es above normal after become job creators, there Vedic education and under- and technologists to create arrested late Wednesday under Thane and Mumbai. leaders will not surrender to chief Arnab Goswami was overnight rains in many parts cannot be a better place to stand the vision behind New new defences and come up the Prevention of Money A particular instance of the pressure from anyone. arrested by the Mumbai Police of the two states, according to implement your business ideas Education Policy. with innovative outside-the- Laundering Act (PMLA) and is company providing security "The searches are being con- recently.Goswami is now out on the weather department. than India right now," Naidu Quoting Rabindranath box solutions to meet the expected to be produced before guards to a Maharashtra gov- ducted on the Tops group (a bail. Chandigarh, the common said. Tagore, Naidu said education challenges posed by extreme a local court for custody. ernment organisation during company in the business of pro- "Sarnaik took a firm stand in capital of the two states, "We have to learn lessons without values is no education weather events. He was questioned by the ED 2014-15 is also under the ED viding security) promoters and connection with a channel and recorded a low of 13.5 from this pandemic, and at all. No human intervention can on Wednesday. scanner, they said. related people, including some in the Anvay Naik suicide case. degrees Celsius, four notch- experts need to come up with "Educational institutions totally withstand nature's fury The agency, they said, is The agency, sources claimed, politicians," an official source Hence, such suppressive es above normal. solutions to meet such threats and universities are expected but we have to minimise its probing Chandole's role and has also seized a debit card, had said. action...the entire Shiv Sena is Karnal in Haryana record- in the future," he added, to produce well-rounded and impact, he said. alleged suspect dealings with issued by a foreign bank in the The ED case has been filed with Sarnaik. The ED's action ed a minimum of 13.5 addressing the 13th e-convo- compassionate human beings Highlighting that values had Sarnaik, Tops Group security name of Sarnaik, during the after studying a Mumbai Police is a political matter," Raut said. degrees Celsius, up three cation of ICFAI University, and not mere degree holders," always been emphasised in the providing service and its pro- raids and its address is that of economic offences wing FIR Sarnaik had also demanded notches while Ambala regis- Sikkim, via video-conferenc- he said, and rued often this ancient systems, the vice pres- moter Rahul Nanda, they said. a Pakistani man based abroad. filed against the promoters of the a unanimous resolution in the tered a low of 11.8 degrees ing. aspect gets ignored in the race ident said Vedas and Nanda, as per media reports, The MLA will soon be ques- business group on charges of Maharashtra Legislative Celsius, up two degrees The vice president asked for pay cheques. Upanishads mandate our had denied any wrongdoing. tioned in this context, they alleged irregularities in acquisi- Assembly for legal action against normal limits. universities and educators to Citing the example of cli- duties towards self, family, Searches at ten premises of said. The Shiv Sena had earlier tion of some overseas assets in against actress Kangana Ranaut, Hisar (10.2 degrees re-evaluate the education sys- mate change, Naidu said the society and nature. Sarnaik, Nanda and few others called the raids a "political 2009 and the transactions of who, he said, has "maligned" the Celsius), Narnaul (11.5 tem to make it more value- holistic solution to combat "We were taught to live in were launched by the ED on vendetta" and said the some trusts based abroad. image of Maharashtra and degrees Celsius), Bhiwani (9 based, holistic and complete, this challenge should include harmony with nature," he November 24 in neighbouring Maharashtra government or its ED officials had also ques- Mumbai through her tweets. degrees Celsius) and Sirsa an official statement said. a value-based education that emphasised. Nationwide strike near total Bollywood remembers 26/11 victims, martyrs

PNS n MUMBAI the attack, saying they will renamed Nariman Light in Kerala; hits normal life never forget their sacrifice. House, were some of the places Actors Akshay Kumar, "Never forget. Prayers for all targeted by the terrorists. PNS n In some districts, tiny shop Abhishek Bachchan, Urmila who laid down and lost their The then Anti-Terrorism THIRUVANANTHAPURAM owners could be seen com- Matondkar and others on lives on the day," Shorey wrote. Squad (ATS) chief Hemant plaining that the closure of Thursday paid tributes to those Tandon said, "Never Forget Karkare, Mumbai's Additional The nationwide strike, called business would make their life who lost their lives in 26/11 . Never Forgive . #26/11." Police Commissioner Ashok by various trade unions in further worsen in the wake of Mumbai terror attacks on the Actor Randeep Hooda Kamte, Senior Police Inspector protest against the BJP-led the dull economic situation occasion of the 12th anniver- shared a video of the Bomb Vijay Salaskar and Assistant NDA government's economic after the Coronavirus outbreak. sary of the carnage. Detection Dog Squad of 26/11 Sub-Inspector (ASI) Tukaram policies, was near total in the In the wake of the widespread On November 26, 2008, 10 attacks, which helped trace Omble were among those Left-ruled Kerala on Thursday virus infection, major trade Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists from several live bombs and RDX killed in the attack. with shops downing the shut- unions kept themselves away Pakistan arrived by sea route in during the terror strike. NSG commando Major ters and state-owned KSRTC from organising mass rallies, in Mumbai and opened fire, "12 years of # Mumbai Sandeep Unnikrishnan was buses keeping away from roads. country ruled by a Marxist which thousands of workers in killing 166 people, including 18 sacrifice," the superstar tweet- "Heartfelt tribute to martyrs TerrorAttack! While the martyrs also killed while fighting the Normal life in the southern government. Private buses, the state participated. security personnel, and injur- ed. and victims of 26/11 and victims will never be forgot- terrorists. state was affected as the 24 - auto rickshaws and taxis kept Instead of that, they organ- ing several others during a 60- Replying to Mumbai Police's #MumbaiTerrorAttack. Salute ten, here's an ode to the paw- Nine terrorists were later hour-long agitation, called by off from the road while private ised protest gatherings and hour siege in the city. tweet, about never erasing to strength and resilience of some gang, which is a reminder killed by the security forces, a central committee of joint vehicles could be seen plying human chains across Kerala. Taking to Twitter, Kumar people's sacrifice from history, people of #MumbaiCity. that not all heroes wear uni- including the National Security trade unions, hit all major everywhere cutting across vil- Leaders and workers took said that 26/11 is a day Bachchan wrote, "Lest we for- Eternally grateful for your forms," Hooda tweeted. Guard (NSG), the country's sectors, including government lages and cites. part in the the state level inau- Mumbaikars will never forget. get." supreme sacrifice and you are The Chhatrapati Shivaji elite commando force. offices, banking and insur- As Sabarimala pilgrims were guration of the protest by "My heartfelt tribute to the Matondkar shared a collage forever in our hearts," the 46- Maharaj Terminus, the Oberoi Ajmal Kasab was the only ance. All government offices exempted from the strike, theCentre of Indian Trade martyrs and victims of the of the martyrs and wrote citi- year-old actor tweeted. Trident, the Taj Mahal Hotel, terrorist who was captured and major business establish- KSRTC buses, operated in the Unions (CITU) at the Gandhi #MumbaiTerrorAttack. We will zens will remain grateful to Actors Ranvir Shorey and Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital alive. He was hanged four ments remained closed across hill temple route, ferried devo- Park here, following social forever be indebted to our those who laid down their Raveena Tandon also prayed and the Nariman House Jewish years later on November 21, Kerala, the lone state in the tees as usual. distancing. bravehearts for their supreme lives saving others. for the victims and martyrs of community centre, now 2012. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | NOVEMBER 27, 2020 nation 05 PM pitches for ‘One Nation, One ‘Need strong police force to prevent terror attacks’ Election', says it’s need of India PNS n MUMBAI Maharashtra Chief Minister PNS n KEVADIA (GUJARAT) Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday paid tributes to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi India fighting terror with new martyrs of the 26/11 Mumbai on Thursday pitched for 'One terror attack on its 12th Nation, One Election', saying it anniversary, and said the police is the need of India as polls tak- policy, process, says Modi force needs to be so strong that ing place every few months terrorists do not dare to attack impact development works. PNS n KEVADIA (GUJARAT) all. I bow down to the secu- the state or its capital city. Addressing the concluding rity personnel who lost their Speaking at the Maharashtra session of the 80th All India Asserting that India can lives in the attack, Modi said. Police headquarters here after Presiding Officers Conference never forget the wounds of "India cannot forget the paying floral tributes to the via video conference, Modi 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, wounds of the Mumbai terror martyrs, Thackeray said also paid homage to the victims Prime Minister Narendra attack, he said."India is though the state is facing a of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks Modi on Thursday said the now fighting terrorism with financial crisis, his govern- and asserted that India is fight- country is fighting terrorism a new policy and a new ment will take every step to ing terrorism now with new with a new policy and a new process," Modi said. strengthen the police force. policy and new process. process. He also lauded India's Earlier, Governor Bhagat Speaking at Maha Police headquarters Noting that it was the biggest In his valedictory address security forces fighting terror- Singh Koshyari, Home after paying floral tributes to the terror strike on India, Modi at the 80th All India Presiding ism by foiling terror plans. Minister Anil Deshmukh and said India can never forget the and panchayat polls, saying there is no place for politics of Officers' Conference, Modi "I bow down to our security Environment Minister Aaditya martyrs, Thackeray said though the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. separate lists are a waste of untouchability, Modi cited the remembered the 26/11 mar- establishment involved in Thackeray also paid respects to state is facing a financial crisis, his On November 26, 2008, ten resources. example of the Statue of Unity tyrs on the 12th anniversary foiling big terror strikes like the martyrs, who died fighting government will take every step to Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists from Legislature, Executive and built by his government for of the Mumbai terror attack. the 26/11 Mumbai attack. terrorists during the attack on Pakistan arrived through sea Judiciary should work with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel "Todays date is associated They are giving a befitting November 26, 2008, at the strengthen the police force and opened fire, killing 166 better coordination and nation- despite him not being from the with the biggest terror attack reply to terror and are newly-built memorial at the people, including 18 security al interest should be the basis BJP or the Jana Sangh. on the country. On this date involved in securing our bor- police headquarters in south personnel, and injuring many for every decision, Modi said. Constitution is our guiding in 2008, terrorists sent from ders, he said. Mumbai. state and Mumbai. If any ter- police inspector Vijay Salaskar during the 60-hour siege in "We must remember that light to take on challenges in Pakistan had attacked Twelve years ago, terrorists Wives of some of the per- rorist comes forward, he and he said he had just reached Mumbai. when politics take over people the 21st century and national Mumbai, Modi said in his from Pakistan laid siege sonnel killed in the 26/11 should be killed on the spot," home and was again rushing to Pitching strongly for 'One and nation-first policies, the interest should be our basis for address via video-conference. to India's financial capital attack inaugurated the martyrs' he said. "We woke up about the spot," he recalled. Nation, One Election', Modi nation has to pay adversely in every decision, Modi said "Many people died in that ter- for three days, killing 166 gallery at the state police head- strengthening the police force "I then made two-three calls said it is not just a matter of such situations," he said. He called for raising aware- ror attack, and people of people including 18 secu- quarters here. after the 26/11 terror attack. As to him. When he picked up the debate, this is the need of He also cited the example of ness about the Constitution. many nationalities were the rity personnel, and injuring On the occasion, Thackeray we made necessary arrange- call, Salaskar said he was in India. "Elections are held at dif- delay in the completion of the "Our Constitution has many victims. I pay my homage to hundreds more. released of coffee table book, ments for health facilities after front of the Taj Mahal Hotel ferent places every few months, Sardar Sarovar Dam, saying it features but one very special titled 'True Grit' on the COVID-19 outbreak, we can and that the police force will the impact it has on develop- kept lingering and was com- feature is the importance given Maharashtra Police's work also work to strengthen our enter it after a survey," the chief ment works is known to all. pleted after years. to duties. Mahatma Gandhi during COVID-19 pandemic. police force," he said. minister said. Salaskar was Therefore, it is a must to have "This could have happened was very keen about this. He He also referred to the popularise the Constitution "We should make our force Thackeray remembered the later killed while fighting with deep study and deliberation on earlier if development was saw a close link between rights practice of KYC (know your and its different features. so strong that the idea of day of the attack in 2008 when the terrorists. "Later, I made 'One Nation, One Election'," given precedence. Those who and duties. He felt that once we customer) in the corporate The All India Presiding attack on Maharashtra and he was on a tour of Dhule and various calls to Salakar, and till Modi said. The prime minister stalled it, have no repentance," perform our duties, rights will world and said there should be Officers Conference began in Mumbai does not come into Nashik for poll rallies. this day, he hasn't picked up also suggested a single voters' he said in a clear attack on the automatically be safeguarded," a similar KYC drive in the form 1921, and the Gujarat event the mind of terrorists, they "After getting information the call," the CM said on an list for Lok Sabha, assembly Congress. Underlining that Modi said. of Know Your Constitution to marks its centenary year. should not dare to attack the about the attack, I had called emotional note. INDIA CORNER WB Minister volunteers for Students’ safety our BJP activists clash Militant attack in J-K, two security personnel killed Covid-19 vaccine trial priority: Delhi with police in WB PNS n wo security force personnel KOLKATA Health Minister PNS n KOLKATA ing the bridge. were killed in a militant n Tattack on a quick reaction West Bengal Urban Develop PNS NEW DELHI BJP activists pelted the law team (QRT) at Parimpora on ment Minister Firhad Hakim BJP workers clashed with the enforcers with stones,follow- the outskirts of the city on has expressed his wish to be a Schools in the national cap- police on Thursday after they ing which they resorted to Thursday, police said. The volunteer for the Covaxin ital will not reopen till the were stopped short of the mild lathi-charge to disperse ultras opened fire on the Phase III trial scheduled to be government is convinced under-construction Majerhat the crowd, a police officer said, security forces at Khushipora in held at the city-based National about students' safety, Delhi Bridge in the southwestern adding several members of the Parimpora area, a police official Institute of Cholera and Health Minister Satyendra part of Kolkata. saffron party were detained. said. Security forces have Enteric Diseases (NICED). Jain said on Thursday. The police erected barri- BJP national general secre- cordoned off the area and The 62-year-old minister of Universities and schools cades at Taratala More to pre- tary Kailash Vijayvargiya was launched a search operation to track down the assailants, he said. the Mamata Banerjee- govern- across the country were vent the saffron party cadre scheduled to attend the protest ment has also spoken to the closed on March 16, when the from marching towards the rally but the police dispersed NICED officials and expressed Centre announced a country- construction site, following the crowd before he could his wish to be part of the pro- wide classroom shutdown as which they staged a protest arrive at the spot, party sources Tarun Gogoi cremated with full gramme. part of measures to contain against the delay in complet- said. "I want to help people. If my wish and they will be conduct- year-old and they want to check the spread of COVID-19. A state honours contribution helps in the treat- ing a health check-up on him to whether my health will permit nationwide lockdown was ment of people then I will be find out whether he is "fit" to be this or not," he said. It was learnt imposed on March 25. ssam bade an emotional more than happy. I am keen to part of the Covaxin Phase III trial that the NICED authorities have "There is no plan to reopen farewell to its beloved be part of the programme at the institute. welcomed Hakim's willingness schools (in Delhi) as of now. Aformer chief minister Tarun (Covaxin Phase III trial),"Hakim "I have told them (authorities to join the trial and also invited We are hopeful that a vaccine Gogoi on Thursday, as his final told PTI when contacted on of the NICED) about my wish. Atin Ghosh, another member of will be available soon. Schools rites were performed with full Thursday. Hakim, who is also the They will conduct a health- Board of Administrators of will not be reopened till the state honours at the Nabagraha chairperson of the BoA in the check up on me to find out KMC, in- charge of the Health time we are convinced that Cremation ground here. KMC, said that he has spoken to whether I am fit enough to be wing of the civic body to be part students will be safe," Jain told Amid the chanting of hymns, the NICED authorities about his part of the trial or not. I am62- of the trial. reporters. preceded by a gun salute and band played by the Assam Police, the state's longest serving chief minister's mortal remains were consigned to Plea seeking flames by his son Gaurav Gogoi.Gaurav, a Lok Sabha MP, wearing Delhi records over the traditional 'chelleng sador' (a shawl) and dhoti along with a face CBI probe into NCB probe: Kshitij Prasad, mask, lit the pyre after performing the rituals. Gogoi's wife Dolly, daughter Chandrima, daughter-in- law Elizabeth and other family Salian's death members placed sandalwood on the pyre before it was lit by Gaurav. 2K Covid deaths drug peddler get bail The 84-year old three-time chief minister, twice Union minister and six-time Lok Sabha MP, died on Monday following a nearly four- dismissed PNS n NEW DELHI While 131 COVID-related month battle with COVID-19 and related complications. PNS n MUMBAI deaths were recorded on PNS n MUMBAI evidence or investigation into The national capital has wit- November 18, the highest till the case. The Bombay High Court on nessed 2,364 deaths due to date, Delhi registered its A Mumbai court on Thursday Prasad earlier alleged that he Thursday dismissed a peti- coronavirus since October 28, highest single-day spike of granted bail to Kshitij Ravi was implicated in the case by President Kovind leads nation in tion seeking a court-moni- when the daily rise in infec- 8,593 cases on November Prasad, a former Dharmatic the NCB after he refused to tored CBI probe into the tions breached the mark of 11. Entertainment executive pro- give false statements against community reading of preamble death of Disha Salian, former 5,000 cases for the first time, On Thursday, Delhi had ducer, and a suspected drug Bollywood celebrities like manager of late actor Sushant according to official data. recorded 7,546 cases, fol- peddler arrested by the director Karan Johar and oth- resident Ram Nath Kovind Singh Rajput, and said if any Amid a surge in COVID- lowed by 6,608 on Friday, Narcotics Control Bureau ers. on Thursday led the nation person has information in the 19 cases and deaths, 99 more 5,879 on Saturday, 6,746 on (NCB) in connection with its However, the probe agency Pin community reading of case, he/she is free to fatalities on Wednesday Sunday, 4,454 on Monday, probe into the alleged use of (NDPS) Act after questioning had deniedhis allegations. the preamble to the Constitution approach police. A division pushed the city's total death 6,224 on Tuesday and 5,246 drugs in Bollywood. in the drugs case linked to The NCB had submitted on the occasion of the bench of Chief Justice toll due to the disease to on Wednesday, according to However, Prasad will not Bollywood actor Sushant Singh that Prasad gave the state- Constitution Day. “The Dipankar Datta and Justice G 8,720. It was after five days the government data. come out of jail today as he has Rajput's death. ment voluntarily and no false President read the preamble S Kulkarni obser ved that the that Delhi recorded single- Late hospital admissions also been implicated in anoth- Special NDPS Court Judge claims were inserted in it. from Rashtrapati Bhavan which petitioner, Delhi-based advo- day deaths below 100. leading to COVID-19 cases er case, the bail plea of which G B Gurao granted him bail on It alleged that Prasad, along was live telecast by cate Puneet Dhanda, had no The city reported 98 turning critical, shortage of will be heard on December 3, Thursday, Maneshinde said. with other accused, was part of Doordarshan and joined by the locus standi (capacity) to file deaths on November 19, 118 ICU beds, unfavourable his lawyer Satish Maneshinde The court, while granting a drug procurement and dis- people across the nation,” an such a plea. In his petition, on November 20, 111 on weather and rising pollution said. bail on a bond of Rs 50,000, tribution racket. official statement said. It was screened live at Kevadia in Gujarat too Dhanda had sought that the November 21, 121 each on are among the factors experts Prasad was arrested on directed the accused not to Prasad was briefly associat- which is hosting the 80th All India Presiding Officers' Conference. case of Disha Salian's death November 22 and 23, and attribute to the spike in September 26 under provi- leave the country without its ed with Dharmatic Entertain The participants also read out the preamble along with the President, be transferred to the CBI and 109 fatalities on November COVID-19 deaths in Delhi, sions of the Narcotic Drugs permission and also asked ment, a sister concern of the statement said.“The community reading of the Preamble, it be monitored by the HC. 24, according to official data. health experts have said. and Psychotropic Substances him not to tamper with the Johar's Dharma Productions. organised by the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, is the part of various activities such as webinars, exhibitions, essay competition, poster competition, quiz competition and slogan competition aimed at highlighting and reiterating the values and principles enshrined in the Constitution,” said the statement. ‘Awareness must to conserve monuments’ Vigil stepped up in PNS n AURANGABAD dents," Dr Kadam said, high- No holy dip in Ganga on Kartik lighting the importance of Conservation work at forts of social responsibility in preserv- Delhi's border areas Purnima due to Covid Marathwada should be carried ing historical sites. out without wiping out histor- Noting that the PNS n NEW DELHI drones have been deployed for People will not be allowed to take a holy dip in the Ganga river here ical remains at the sites, experts Marathwada region is rich in security purposes, police said. on the occasion of Kartik Purnima on November 30 in view of the said during a webinar organ- historical sites, Dr Mahake Delhi Police personnel have While clarifying that the bor- COVID-19 pandemic, the district administration said on Thursday. ised by the Maharashtra state said there are temples in been deployed in large numbers ders have not been sealed, offi- Lakhs of devotees from different parts of the country including Delhi, archaeology department, an region, which were construct- in the border areas of the nation- cials said all pickets have been Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh converge on the banks of the official said on Thursday. ed in 4-5 Century AD till the al capital on Thursday and all made active, while all vehicles Ganga here for a ritual bath in the river on the occasion every year. The webinar was organised Mughal Maratha period. incoming vehicles were being entering the national capital However, in compliance with the Centre's guidelines in view of on Wednesday to mark the Meanwhile, fort expert checked in view of the 'Delhi were being checked. COVID-19, it has been decided to stop people from taking a bath in World Heritage Week, which Sanket Kulkarni spoke about Chalo' march by Punjab farm- According to officials, it was the river on Kartik Purnima this year as it will lead to crowding on the was observed from November the conservation work of forts ers against the Centre's farm decided that Delhi Metro trains ghats which may cause spread of the virus, Haridwar District 19 to 25, the official said. tion of monuments and social monuments is the govern- in Kandhar (Nanded), Ausa laws. Five sand-laden trucks connecting the neighbouring Magistrate C Ravishankar said. Those who violate the orders will be Professors of history Dr responsibility, and temples ment's responsibility, educators (Latur),Paranda (Osmanabad), have been stationed at Singhu cities in the NCR would not punished under the Epidemic Act 1897 and the Disaster Manage Satish Kadam and Dr Madhavi in Marathwada region. need to stress on the impor- Antur (Aurangabad), Dharur border to stop tractors being dri- cross the national capital border ment Act 2005, he said. Mahake spoke about conserva- "Although conservation of tance of these structures to stu- (Beed). ven by the protesters. Also, till 2 pm on Thursday. VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | NOVEMBER 27, 2020 op nion 06 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Farmers’ protest Had the Government chosen consensus-building over confrontation with regard to the farm Acts, things wouldn’t have come to such a pass Faulty message he big question is could the farmers’ march, as it manifested through the dramatic visuals of a surge The official COVID awareness campaign is not targetted at real life situations Tof protesters fighting teargas, demolishing barri- cades and facing water cannons, have been avoided in COVID-stressed times? Would they have been driven that have arisen post lockdown. This has undermined preventive measures to such desperation if the Government had given them a decent listen and the Agriculture Minister had not absent- ed himself from a conciliatory meeting on the recent farm Acts? And at a time when stubble burning is compound- ing the pollution and pandemic crisis across Delhi-NCR, should not that have been the point of discussion first? Honestly, the Government could have managed this bet- ter, considering that it was well aware of the farmers’ grievances and should have attempt- ed to reassure them. Instead, in its stubbornness to show it can push necessary reforms, it refused to engage with them and gifted the Opposition an agenda to beat it with. It may PRIYADARSHI DUTTA want to show the farmers and the Opposition in a poor light but beyond political point- Supreme Court Bench scoring, who gained what, except for being exposed to a large super spreader risk? For recently reprimanded the the Government may claim that these laws will help farmers get better prices for their crops Government on its COVID-19 containment and allow them access to wider markets but the latter are wary of the corporatisation implic- Ameasures and asked the Centre as it in these Acts and argue that they could be cheated out of a fair price. Yes, structurally, well as the worst-affected States to the laws may seem to streamline agricultural processes but the farmers are not willing to file status reports. What’s still going wrong when the national recovery give up their right to exist on their terms. Worse, they fear that these could ultimately reduce rate is at an all-time high of 93 per the current system of open-ended FCI procurement by the State. Besides, they feel that cent plus and the number of new entering into contracts with corporations would willy-nilly give the latter negotiating rights infections has dipped to below 40,000 per day, down from 80,000 and greater control. And that although the older system would continue, as a weakened during September? However, when parallel mechanism, it would ultimately crumble before emerging monopolies. They cite the Supreme Court notes that the how contract farming failed in the sugarcane sector with farmers chasing dues that are scenario is grim, it implies that win- ter could undermine the gains owed to them in crores. Of course, there’s the case of PepsiCo suing farmers in Gujarat made so far, with the COVID-19 that showed the latter’s vulnerability in the face of big corporations. State Governments awareness campaign in the unlock like Punjab are obviously upset that access to another market would dry up their own rev- period being one of the weakest links in the chain. However, that did not happen. plasma to save the lives of other pandemic norms. With all large enue from their Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) mandis and are see- On October 7, Information Another TV spot featuring patients, they could have helped markets in Delhi open for busi- ing this as an affront to federal controls. The fear that market yards would be abolished is and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Akshay Kumar for Doordarshan more by sharing the lessons ness, the disease protocol is largely unfounded though, considering the eNAM platform connects thousands of them Javadekar announced that posters, (on precautions in the Unlock learnt. It would have helped if we hardly being followed anywhere. across 18 states and three Union Territories (UTs). But then the Government has also not banners and stickers about COVID era) is more appalling. It shows could have produced an informa- By November 24, India had prevention would come up at pub- the actor encouraging a senior tion bank, albeit maintaining conducted a total of 13.3 crore tried to be educative but is confrontational. It is the devil in the detail that has our farming lic places, metros, auto rickshaws citizen to go to work by wearing strict confidentiality, about how (13,36,82,275) tests in its 2,134 community up in arms. For example, a licence won’t be required to trade in farm produce and public transport soon. Though a mask. This clearly militates A TV SPOT possibly those patients contract- laboratories. The number, and anyone with a PAN card can now buy directly from the farmers “outside” their geo- this writer’s world has shrunk dur- against the Government’s adviso- ed COVID. For instance, what though large, represents only 10 ing the last eight months, being con- ry for senior citizens to avoid ven- FEATURING AKSHAY percentage of newly-infected per cent of India’s estimated graphical area. Farmers want clarity on what “outside” means and contrary to perception fined mostly to home, still he has not turing outdoors. Akshay further people observed protocols or population. There is a strong that they want the middlemen out, they actually have a trusted bond with their existing noticed any such outdoor publicity states that the Government had KUMAR FOR DD were negligent about them. How chance that a significant segment commission agents as the latter’s licence is proof enough of credibility and delivery abil- material being put up in his mod- made sufficient arrangements many think they got it by using of the untested population acts est South Delhi locality. The aware- for people even if they had con- (ON PRECAUTIONS public transport, venturing out in as asymptomatic carriers. A ities, and they would not want to experiment with an untested model. Besides, they want ness campaign, since the beginning tracted COVID. This affirmation a market place or eating out in the majority of people tend to feel direct payment and not through banks, which could deduct amounts as loan recovery. of the outbreak, is confined mostly is completely out of sync with IN THE UNLOCK company of strangers at restau- that seemingly healthy people – The opposition to farm laws could have been avoided had the Government preferred to electronic media. Print media reality in most States. The cam- rants and so on. whether they are colleagues, advertising lost its reach after many paign ambassador perhaps ERA) IS APPALLING. The Government was neighbours or relatives – are dis- a Standing Committee scrutiny over pushing the law unceremoniously with a voice vote readers unsubscribed newspapers, implied only the Modi admittedly in a cleft stick situa- ease-free. They tend to socialise in the Upper House. A GST-like consensus involving Centre and States would have helped. fearing they might be Corona- Government. However, the sub- IT SHOWS THE tion. It had to decide between with them even without mini- But there was no attempt at consensus-building, no dialogue with the farmers’ unions, infected. The other medium is ject of public health and sanita- containing rising cases and reviv- mally protective face masks. At mobile phone, where the COVID tion, hospitals and dispensaries ACTOR ing the economy. Emphasising fast food eating joints, many State Governments or the Opposition parties. Since agriculture-related issues come under caller tune is frankly about force- is covered by the State List under one could hurt the prospect of don’t hesitate to eat (naturally the State List in Schedule VII of the Constitution, the Centre should have consulted feder- feeding. Existing campaigns were the Seventh Schedule (Article ENCOURAGING A the other. The cold season without masks) alongside com- al governments. One just had to look at the playbook of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government perhaps helpful until May 31, when 246). It is also covered under the SENIOR CITIZEN TO knocked earlier than usual this plete strangers. It hardly occurs on the contentious issue of contract farming, which was envisaged in the National Agriculture the total lockdown was in force. As Panchayat List under Article year and the NCT of Delhi is one to them that the other person the Unlock 1 phase began on June 243G. Broadcasting, being part of GO TO WORK BY of the worst-affected regions could either be an asymptomatic Policy, 2000. Instead of bringing a Central law, it circulated a Model Agricultural Produce 1, new interactive situations began communications, is placed on the with pollution picking up. The carrier if not passing through the Marketing (Regulation) Act to the States for adoption in 2003. The ensuing UPA-I govern- to multiply. The rate of infections got Union List under Seventh WEARING A MASK. fall-winter is also the season for incubation period. The accelerated on expected lines. The Schedule. Thus Doordarshan festivities and weddings when Government ad campaigns have ment continued the policy. Contract farming was included as an option in the National Farmers’ awareness campaign, however, failed abjectly to develop a State- THIS CLEARLY the business picks up post-mon- failed to educate them upon this Policy, 2007. By August the same year, 15 States had brought amendments in the APMC remained dated by refusing to take specific COVID awareness cam- soon. In order to replenish their aspect. They have even failed to (Regulation) Acts based on the model legislation. The intransigence on the farm Acts is new situations into consideration. It, paign reflecting local realities. MILITATES AGAINST depleted revenue coffers, the educate people on immunity- in contrast with the Government’s handling of the recently enacted labour codes. Although therefore, came to resemble a ser- While the publicity drive seems Centre as well as the Delhi boosting methods as prescribed mon and sounded preachy. to be run by Mandi House man- THE GOVT’S Government chose to look the by the AYUSH Ministry. Taking these had some controversial provisions too, since they reduced 29 existing labour laws Amitabh Bachchan is the face darins, by employing Mumbai other way on a containment drill up real-life situations in cam- into four legislations, there was not much hue and cry as they were vetted by the depart- of the Government’s COVID aware- denizens like Amitabh Bachchan, ADVISORY FOR such conditions warranted. The paigns could have helped in ment-related Standing Committee of the Lok Sabha. Yes, there is a need to reform agri- ness campaign like he had been for Akshay Kumar and Sachin SENIOR CITIZENS result was the quadrupling of stalling this surge. One could eas- Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. It happens Tendulkar, they forgot that the infections in Delhi. When ily have used animation or clay- cultural marketing in the time of food surplus. But care should be taken to ensure that the only in India that a Padma brunt of healthcare is left to the TO AVOID Governments wrestle against mation if actual shooting involv- farmers are legally protected in what is still an unequal deal. If only the Acts came with Vibhushan awardee can appear in an States. their conscience, they usually ing human beings was problem- the caveat that no trade transactions would take place below the notified MSP, the farm- ad campaign for gold loans and As Unlock phases progressed VENTURING win. An example of conflict atic. Till we drill the risk factors pulse polio drops with equal zeal. from June 1, it was expected that between commercial and public graphically in the common man’s ers could have been easily pacified. Many experts would argue that it is easy enough to Ideally, he should have been the awareness campaign would OUTDOORS health interests could be seen in mind, a Bollywood star cannot push reforms in a sector that anyway makes a very small portion of our GDP. But farm- removed from the campaign after he become more localised. An end- the Delhi Government’s decision do much. ers make up 60 per cent of the country’s population, a voter base that no political party himself contracted COVID in July. to-end information campaign to reverse its order within 24 (The writer is an author and Alternatively, he should have been could have helped reduce the case hours on closure of Punjabi independent researcher based in can ignore. Certainly not States like Punjab and Haryana, which are heavily dependent on re-launched with a new ad script, load. While many COVID sur- Basti market and Janata market New Delhi. Views expressed are procurement at MSP. depicting him as a COVID survivor. vivors volunteered to donate in the Nangloi area for flouting personal) In the hands of God S O U N D BITE It’s a sad irony that on Constitution Love jihad is a hoax. It is I believed that India wanted I think staying away from our Diego Maradona, one of the greatest to ever kick a football Day, the constitutional right of part of a majoritarian to bring out and talk about families for nearly four months farmers is being oppressed in this agenda. Interfaith marriages societal issues openly. I’m now is going to be worthwhile in on the pitch, is no longer with us. The legend lives on manner. Let them pass Haryana, are allowed under the Indian fortunate that the audience the future because we are he British-Indian filmmaker, Asif Kapadia, rose to Manohar Lal Khattar. Let them take law, it is even encouraged loved my brand of cinema sacrificing a lot to do well in the Olympic Games. fame after his superb documentary on Brazilian their voice to Delhi peacefully. by some governments. and engaged with my beliefs. motorsports legend Ayrton Senna, which he fol- Punjab Chief Minister Former Home Minister Actor Indian hockey midfielder T —Captain Amarinder Singh —Hardik Singh lowed with an equally brilliant film on British singer Amy —P Chidambaram —Ayushamnn Khurrana Winehouse. But his magnum opus (so far, at least) was the movie he made on Argentine footballer Diego L E T T E R S T O TH E EDITOR Armando Maradona, simply titled Maradona. It was the first of his documentaries where the subject was still Dangerous idea dicts so that citizens and liti- Rest in Peace Argentina’s ‘golden boy’ gants do not have to depend on alive to give his version of events but Kapadia’s brilliance Sir — One is amused by the lawyers to know their salient was that he pulled no punches. The documentary, which oxymoronic ring of the phrase, ootball fans have suffered a big loss in the untime- features. Things will improve a looked at Maradona’s time in the southern Italian city “love jihad”, which has recent- ly death of Diego Maradona at the age of 60. lot if India also adopts the ly been popularised by certain FUndoubtedly the best football player ever, whose wild practice followed in many coun- of Naples, where he played for the local football team Right-wing groups. It is swings in fortune came to personify the flux of his home tries, where there is a limit on Napoli, shows him warts and all. He was a genius on the field and many of us in India designed to denote a commu- nation Argentina, he died too early. Maradona suffered the number of pages in a judg- might remember him for his spectacular performances for La Albiceleste, as the Argentine nal conspiracy in which Muslim a heart attack in Tigre, Buenos Aires, after undergoing ment, the limits being different men marry women from a dif- surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain earlier for the Supreme Court, High football team is known, not least for that match against England during the 1986 World ferent community after “entrap- this month. He led Argentina to the 1986 World Cup Courts and trial courts. Or else Cup in Mexico where he produced not one, but two of the most memorable goals in foot- ping them” in love affairs. As if and won league championships in Italy and at home, every lengthy verdict exceeding ball history — the first the notorious “Hand Of God” and the second where he literally ran the women are flying blind. granting him the sort of iconic status normally 50 pages should be compulso- There is nothing wrong with reserved for war heroes. rily accompanied by a summa- rings around the entire English team. other inter-faith marriages, so After retiring from football, Maradona developed foot high England goalkeeper Peter Shilton as he tried ry of the order, with a limit of Maradona was a superstar in Argentina but it was in Naples where he was a God. The they aren’t subjected to scruti- heart problems caused by cocaine addiction, and he to punch the ball clear. Replays showed that Maradona say 50 pages, to be issued and city, sitting in the shadow of Vesuvius, was downtrodden and felt crushed by the eco- ny. But Right-wing groups with endured wild weight and fitness swings that seemed fisted, rather than headed, the ball into the net, a foul posted on the court website on vested interests project any to reflect his do-or-die attitude to both, the game and the referee missed. The Argentine No. 10 dedicated the the date of the judgment itself. nomic and social success of northern Italian towns such as Milan and Turin, also home incident of a Muslim man mar- life. Argentina’s “golden boy” is best remembered for goal to the “hand of God.” While that goal has become Madhu Agrawal to Italy’s most successful football clubs, AC Milan, Internazionale and Juventus. Into all rying a non-Muslim woman as the two goals that threw England out of the 1986 World one of the most infamous in football history, Maradona’s Delhi this came Maradona from Barcelona, where he almost single-handedly lifted the football part of a larger conspiracy Cup. The quarter-final in Mexico City was eagerly antic- second in the game was voted the best of the 20th cen- aimed at converting our women ipated, coming as it did just four years after the Falklands tury in a 2002 vote held by FIFA, the sport’s ruling body. Big loss for football team and the city into a different sphere. The documentary explores how Maradona’s suc- to Islam. This leads to dramat- War between the UK and Argentina. Maradona made Argentina won 2-1 and Maradona, its captain, went on cess also saw his downfall. He fathered an illegitimate son and quickly found himself court- ic polarisation in the country, sure it was a game few would forget. Six minutes into to lift the World Cup after a 3-2 victory over West Maradona’s scoring prowess ed by the local mafia who got him hooked onto drugs. But it took a football match dur- which some Hindutva groups the second half, England’s Steve Hodge miscued a clear- Germany in the final. May his soul rest in peace. and skill in slaloming past take advantage of. ance, sending the ball high into his own penalty area. Bhagwan Thadani opponents vaulted him into ing the 1990 World Cup, where Maradona’s Argentina beat the home team Italy in Naples, In the process, the Maradona, at five foot five inches, leaped above the six Mumbai the hall of fame. But the player for the city to fall out of love with him despite all the success he brought. Maradona’s Government is trying to inter- struggled to cope with the adu- post-football life was also extremely colourful. A visit he made to the eastern metropolis fere in the personal freedoms of tism a right to interfere in Courts must be pithy possibility that it was not read lation and his battles with individuals that have been guar- other people’s personal affairs, by the litigants themselves. It addiction became regular glob- of Kolkata, where he unveiled a statue of himself in 2010, and a tour of the southern state anteed in the Constitution of with State sanction. Nothing Sir — Courts of the country was surely beyond the under- al news. Sad that the football of Kerala, where he inaugurated a jewellery shop, have gone into popular legend in these India. It is trying to solve a con- can be more dangerous and give very lengthy judgments, standing of the common man. great left this world so early. football-mad states. Maradona’s goal beating the English, whom Indians dislike almost trived problem with bad legis- polarising as that. One feels sad which at times run into hun- Such interminable court Ashmit Aaron lation for political gains of for the message we’re sending dreds or thousands of pages. For orders are for libraries and are Noida as much as the Argentinians, will be considered a goal scored for the “little guy,” which appealing to its voter base. In out. instance, the 2019 verdict in the read only by researchers and he was. He was not perfect, far from it, but because he never pretended to be perfect, he reality, the love jihad law, once Jubel D’Cruz Ram Janmabhoomi case was so select lawyers. There is a dire Send your feedback to: will always be considered a legend. He will be missed. passed, will give societal vigilan- Mumbai lengthy that there is a major need for short and precise ver- [email protected] VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | NOVEMBER 27, 2020

www.dailypioneer.com analysis 07 FIRSTCOLUMN Read the RCEP POINTCOUNTERPOINT OUR PARTY’S STRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED. WE MR AZAD IS A CWC-NOMINATED MEMBER WHO CAN fine print NEED TO REBUILD IT AND THEN IF ANY LEADER IS JUST PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL ANYBODY IN ELECTED IN THAT STRUCTURE, IT WILL WORK. THE PARTY INSTEAD OF SPEAKING PUBLICLY. It leaves the regulatory door ajar for each country —CONGRESS LEADER —CONGRESS SPOKESPERSON to force hard, localisation rules for data without being subject to scrutiny at the multilateral platform GHULAM NABI AZAD PAWAN KHERA Dynamic rulebook KUMARDEEP BANERJEE While criticising the Constitution for the failure of those who are responsible for maintaining he world has seen a major economic negotiating bloc getting “next to a done deal” in the last fortnight, in the form of the its sanctity, we are doing injustice to both, the founders and the text TRegional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a free trade agreement (FTA) between 10 ASEAN countries and China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.This pact, when ratified, will come to represent 30 per cent of the world’s GDP, impacting almost half of the global population. Most significantly, it is a multilateral trade agreement where China is a leading party. The RCEP has been at the negotiating table since 2012 before it went stagnant in recent years as India resisted opening its industrial and agricultural sec- tors to increased international competition. Subsequently, given the rise of an “abrasively ambitious and technology-aided” China, India had also pressed for localising data of each country’s citizens, unless the participating nation granted its outbound transfer. India formal- ANURAG TIWARY ly withdrew from the RCEP in 2019 due to domestic demands. ovember has by and large been an impor- However, despite the November 15 agreement on the trade deal, New tant month in history. On November 26, Delhi still has the option to join RCEP. N1940, Nazi Germany began walling off the A post-pandemic world economy gasping to revive, a new regime Jewish ghetto in Warsaw. In November 1941, the in the US soon with a strong possibility of rejoining multilateral plat- Japanese 1st Air Fleet, also known as the Kido forms for trade and strategic cooperation and the vision of a new Butai, in a surprise military move, left the Kuril India are some of the paradigms to be kept in mind before passing Islands to strike Pearl Harbour during World War II. In November 1944, a German rocket hit a any judgment on what works best in our favour at this juncture. New Woolworth’s shop in London, killing 168 people. Delhi not joining the RCEP has been received with mixed respons- Simultaneously, on the same day, Himmler, a lead- es domestically, with those opposing the Government’s stance stat- ing Nazi soldier, ordered the destruction of the ing that an isolated India in South East Asia and our sensitivity to Auschwitz-Birkenau crematoria. World politics China’s imports may be more out of geopolitics than economic real- was in a state of turmoil. Populist leaders, who isation. A study found that between 2007-2008 and 2015-16, India’s were born from democracy, and their obsession import of Chinese semi-finished goods and heavy machinery has with expansionism were being severely criticised had a positive impact on our industries, creating jobs and increas- and held accountable globally. ing competitiveness.Those who support the Government’s moves Back in India, the Hindu-Muslim tension and of withdrawal have equally strong positions on how importing these the differences between the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Muslim League (ML) goods from China leads to job losses for the unskilled. In the post- were growing at an alarming rate. After a failed pandemic economy, a huge chunk of jobs has to be created for this attempt at the Shimla Conference to mediate unskilled category. between the INC and the ML, the Cabinet Mission The broad tenets of the RCEP agreement aim to achieve zero Plan was released by a three-member committee tariffs on over 90 per cent traded goods between partner countries set up to decide the fate of an independent India in 15 years. The economic impact may be dulled by the knowledge by the Labour Party heading the Government in that most of these trading partners already have bilateral FTAs in the UK. Since the Cabinet mission had rejected place. However, the geopolitical impact, given a heavy Chinese pres- the demands made by the ML, the league was miffed and had declared the infamous “Direct ence and an ambition to create a counter bloc to the US-led THE Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), Action Day”, which had led to widespread vio- in the Brown vs Board of Education world don’t even get to see their 20th dreamt of a nation that would be free lence all across the country. INDIAN case, when the “separate but equal” year. At the least, these criticisms show from all kinds of prejudice, hate and can’t be overlooked. It is often said that China has a huge knack for Among all this chaos, on November 26, 1949, CONSTITUTION clause was held to be unconstitutional that dissent was very much a part of the stigmatisation. We haven’t achieved reverse mastering/engineering the skill sets developed in any suc- the Constituent Assembly of India formally IS A LIVING by the Supreme Court. Black women Constitution-making process and vir- this goal. But while criticising the text cessful economy and, therefore, without any significant costs of indige- adopted a Constitution for an independent and DOCUMENT were allowed to vote only in 1965 under tually every leader in the Assembly had for its supposed failure we forget that nous development, it can scale up and produce similar goods and democratic country. After hours of debates, dis- AND IT IS the Voting Rights Act and Affirmative at one point of time or the other regis- our anger is misplaced. This is precise- services at half the rates offered by original creators. The wordings cussions and discourses that were held for close GOING TO Action for Blacks and Browns was held tered his/her concerns on issues that ly because the Indian Constitution of the RCEP, in terms of borrowed texts from the CPTPP chapters to three long years by more than 350 men and SURVIVE to be constitutional very recently in 2003 they felt strongly about. The places an extremely huge amount of and approach, seem like a similar exercise. It is here that key emerg- women of astute credibility and a proven track AND WILL in the Grutter vs Bollinger case. The US Constitution was indeed adopted based trust on whom it applies, in this case the ing technology policy topics like e-commerce, data localisation, as record, the Constitution was adopted. Supreme Court made inter-racial mar- on popular support and sovereignty that citizens of this country. While holding This was not an ordinary moment in India’s CONTINUE TO riage constitutionally permissible in the Assembly enjoyed from every stra- the Constitution accountable for the fail- envisaged in the RCEP agreement, have to be studied carefully before STAND India makes any decision. socio-political and constitutional history. For a 1967 and gave students the right to free ta of the society. Today, the document ure of the people, we are doing injus- majority of Indians, this was a “break from the FOR THOSE speech in 1969 in the Tinker vs Des enjoys the status of a holy book for all tice to the text that works best only Electronic commerce, an evolving area of friction on bilateral past” moment. However, for the founding fathers, WHO ARE Moines case. those who believe in its dreams for this when “We, The People” act with com- and multilateral platforms, has found a chapter in the RCEP agree- the task of framing a Constitution was far more VULNERABLE, Even as a proud India celebrated great country. plete honesty and uphold principles of ment document. It borrows heavily from the CPTPP. However, on sensitive. They had a dual role. On one hand, they DOWNTRODDEN Samvidhaan Diwas yesterday, little do This is not to say that we have been Constitutional idealism. execution, it has bleaker chances as the clauses (at least in their had to justify to the world and future generations AND HAVE BEEN we know that the Assembly that framed equally successful in curbing the men- The reason why Samvidhaan Diwas wordings) are less enforceable, ambiguous and too tight-jacketed. reading the text that India was the better of the HISTORICALLY the most egalitarian and forward-look- ace of discrimination, inequality and is important is fairly simple, it tells you The dispute resolution mechanism in case of conflict must be referred two nations (the other being Pakistan) that were SIDELINED BY A ing Constitution of its times was also religious intolerance in India. Arguably a story. The story of the rising sun in the to the RCEP joint committee if all other channels of negotiations fail. formed as a result of the Partition and on the other, CACOPHONIC criticised by several quarters. There were so, we might have failed, and the history of India’s Constitutional journey. The contentious issues of source code disclosure requirements, data they had to draft a Constitution that reflected the two kinds of criticisms that were levelled founders would not be very happy with It tells you that the Constitution was struggle of the founders. This second role, as PARLIAMENT. against the founders — moral and legal. the state of affairs that exist today. drafted by appreciating dissent and flows across trading partners and location of data centres and com- LET’S PROMISE puting facilities have been left for future consultations and agree- Abhinav Chandrachud points out in his book, The moral criticism was that the Gender inequality, caste-based dis- favouring intellectual discourse. It tells Republic of Rhetoric, had two competing goals — TO SHAPE A Assembly was anti-Gandhian and was- crimination, religious fundamental- you that the document was framed at ments. India and the rest of the world economies, including Europe, one was to transform India and the other was to NATION n’t a democratic one. Mahatma Gandhi ism, lack of quality public education, a time when the dynamics of global pol- would be watching this space closely to get cues, before trying to keep things the same. Continuity and change were THAT AIMS had espoused the concept of village criminalisation of politics, corruption, itics was being reconsidered. It tells you make any overtures. The global policy space is currently staring at the two important aspects that rationalised the TO BUILD ON republics and had stated that power increased blue and white collar crimes, that even in the face of criticism, the tonnes of ideas being floated to control the flow of data beyond sov- Constitution-making mandate of the Assembly. FROM WHERE should be vested in the hands of the hunger, poverty, population, unem- Assembly was successful in framing a ereign boundaries, thereby acknowledging and equating data as a Granville Austin points out that the Constitution THE FOUNDERS panchayat whereas the Constitution had ployment, climate change, stifling of dis- document that was forward-looking, physical commodity to be traded as a chip on the high tables of mul- sought to bring about a “social revolution” while LEFT OFF followed a highly centralised top-bot- sent and increased populism in politics optimistic and has until now survived tilateral agreements. It would take tonnes of space to argue and poten- at the same time “trying to preserve national unity tom approach to governance. are concerns that continue to haunt us the wrath of several populist govern- tially arrive at a middle path between different approaches to data and stability.” The Assembly was also stated to be and our Constitutional framework even ments and authoritative leaders. It tells regulation globally, except, suffice it to say, this year has been the The founders were fairly optimistic Indians. non-representative because a majority today. you, most importantly, that the criticism beginning of national data colonisation policies. They framed a Constitution that wasn’t just ahead of its members were Hindus and mem- But before we hold the Constitution of the Constitution is misplaced and of its time but was also a positive and radical inter- Staying on with data regulations, the text for cross-border data bers of the INC, too. It was also argued responsible for all that pervades in our that the failure of those who are respon- vention in the Indian political scene. For instance, that a colonial mindset prevailed in the socio-political landscape today, let’s sible to ensure its sanctity does not flows and location of computation facilities in the RCEP document it abolished untouchability, made it unconstitu- Assembly whereby it followed a cut- take a step back and understand the role necessarily mean the failure of the text leave ample room for subjective and aggressive interpretations. The tional for anyone to be granted titles and made copy-paste model of framing the that this text is and was supposed to be itself. bloc leaves the regulatory door ajar for each country to force hard, a provision for affirmative action for those who Constitution. The legal shortcomings playing in democracies like the one that The Indian Constitution is a living localisation rules for data without being subject to scrutiny at the had been historically marginalised by society. It rest on the argument that the Assembly’s exists in our country. Constitutions are document and it is going to survive and multilateral platform. This clause may seem to be played to the gal- granted universal adult suffrage to everyone, irre- functioning was against the State paper inherently symbolic documents and all will continue to stand for those who are leries domestically for each partner but has its own repercussions spective of their religion, caste, creed, gender or and the Indian Independence Act of that they do is reflect the minds and vulnerable, downtrodden and have on global cooperation. India for the time-being has chosen to call race and ensured a fundamental right to equal- 1947. Many also felt that the Assembly hearts of the people. This is not to say been historically sidelined by a cacoph- for an adjournment on the multidimensional chessboard of multi- ity to every citizen of this country. laid the foundations for a non-secular that they include all that is not moral- onic Parliament. Let’s promise to shape lateral trade/strategic pacts, which is a wise move. It is always bet- All this at a time when the world was still not India. However, there is no doubt that ly permissible. Constitutional texts a nation that aims to build on from ter to sleep over the problem and come back with a fresh perspec- ready to accept these changes. For example, in the these criticisms had little to no bearing assert and reiterate the dreams that a where the founders left off. US, despite it being one of the oldest constitution- on the sanctity of the document. One- nation saw for itself. (The writer is from the National Law tive before going for Sicilian defence or the Queen’s gambit. al Republics around the world, it was only in 1954 half of the Constitutions across the Seventy one years ago, our founders University, Visakhapatnam) (The writer is a policy analyst) Love jihad is an excuse for inefficiency Amid issues of national importance, a false narrative has been created that women are deceived and forcibly converted to Islam for marriage FOREIGN EYE

ment of up to 10 years, extending the was usually filed by the family or the a gimmick, intended to divert public Shakti Vahini vs. Union of India other populist governments have proposed period of maximum punish- father of the woman alleging that the attention from the steep decline in case (2018), the Arumugam Servai vs. done in the past. It seeks to divert pub- ment for the alleged offence from the woman/daughter had been duped India’s economy, appalling rise in State of Tamil Nadu case (2011), Lata lic attention and create a bogeyman, five years announced earlier. There is and hoodwinked, and/or abducted child malnourishment, steep rise in Singh vs. State of UP case (2006), and resorting to gimmicks and stunts. also a requirement to take the District and forced to marry by a man from a prices of foodstuff and fuel, continu- in the recent Division Bench decision “Love jihad” is the latest one (the ear- Magistrate’s permission for converting different religion. But when I sum- ing farmers’ distress, rapes, acid of the Allahabad High Court, held lier ones being abrogation of Article to marry in UP. The Haryana moned the woman (and I was satis- attacks, rise in other crimes, corrup- inter-religious marriages valid. 370, the Citizenship Amendment Act Government, too, is proposing to fied that she was above 18 years of age) tion, pollution, major issues on the But the big question is how many and so on.) bring a law against it. she invariably told me that she had country’s borders vis-a-vis the stand- of such marriages take place in the This bogey has the advantage of IT IS BETTER TO BE The expressions “love jihad” and married the young man of her own off with China and frequent skirmish- country? In India’s population of 138 further polarising society on religious MARKANDEY KATJU “forced conversion” are vague and free will and there was no coercion. es with Pakistan. Amid all these crore people, one can count them on lines, which admirably serves some SAFE THAN SORRY liable to any number of interpreta- It is alleged by Right wing ele- pressing issues of national importance, one’s fingertips. So it is not that vested interests and also translates into China sees the testing and here is a lot of talk of “love jihad” tions. India is largely a conservative ments that “love jihad” is different a false narrative and hue and cry has hordes of Hindu girls or women votes for others. It gives a handle to these days in the country. The country, and most parents want their from love marriage. According to been created that young women are from other communities are clamour- vigilante groups to harass and attack disinfection of imported TUttar Pradesh (UP) children (particularly women) to them, a love marriage takes place deceived, enticed and forcibly convert- ing to tie the knot with Muslim men. couples. “Honour killings”, which are products as necessary to Government has approved an marry within their own religion. So, because the couple genuinely love each ed to Islam for marriage. There may It is not as if such marriages are threat- already a menace, will become more keep the virus at bay. While Ordinance against it, providing for when the latter fall in love with other, whereas “love jihad” is not moti- be a few such stray instances (though ening to change India’s demography common as the days go by. that will inevitably cause long jail sentences as well as heavy someone who belongs to another reli- vated by love but is a conversion con- not to my knowledge), but my belief, and make it a Muslim-majority coun- The Roman emperors used to say, delays in custom clearance, fines, and a Bill called the UP gion, the parents often file a police spiracy by Muslims. It is alleged that on the basis of my long judicial expe- try, as is portrayed by some people. “If you cannot give the people bread, Prohibition of Unlawful Conversions report, alleging that their daughter was Muslim men often conceal their rience, is that almost all inter-religious The real issues before the coun- give them circuses”, and Queen Marie such measures are Bill, 2020 is proposed to be introduced beguiled and abducted. names and other particulars and marriages are voluntary love mar- try right now are widespread pover- Antoinette of France reportedly said, necessary under the current in the UP Legislature shortly. The hilly Whatever the term “love jihad” beguile and dupe girls from different riages. Also, no data is given of ty, starvation deaths, the raging pan- “If the people do not have bread, let circumstances, especially States of Himachal Pradesh and may mean, my experience as a lawyer religions, particularly Hindus, into Muslim women marrying Hindu demic, almost total lack of proper them eat cake.” Our own emperors say, when Corona is still Uttarakhand already have such laws for 20 years and a judge for another marriage with false allurement. To my men, which is of course regarded as healthcare and good education for the “Since we cannot give the people bread wreaking havoc around the and the Madhya Pradesh 20 is that in most cases, there is no mind, this is a bogus claim and never “ghar wapasi (a homecoming).” masses, record, rising unemploy- or employment, we must give them Government, too, has said that mar- such thing as a “forced conversion.” In in my judicial experience have I I need not go into the legal valid- ment, lack of opportunities and so on. the apparition of ‘love jihad’”. world, causing thousands riages to enable “forcible religious con- many of the cases which came before found any basis for it. ity of such “love jihad” marriages Since the Government has no idea (The writer is a former judge of the of deaths each day. versions” would invite an imprison- me as a Supreme Court judge, the FIR I submit that “love jihad” is only though the Supreme Court in the how to resolve these, it does what all Supreme Court of India) (China Daily editorial) VIJAYAWADA | FRIDAY | NOVEMBER 27, 2020 Money 08

Jubilant Life MONEY MATTERS Nationwide shutdown hits normal Sciences raises Adani Gas to change Rs 90 cr through name to Adani Total Gas commercial papers dani Gas Ltd, the city gas life; 25 cr workers join agitation n distribution firm of PNS NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI Federation (LPF) and United strike at their respective places Abillionaire Gautam Adani's Trade Union Congress of work. Drug firm Jubilant Life group, will change its name to Kerala, Puducherry, Odisha, (UTUC). As per the statement, oper- Sciences on Thursday said it Adani Total Gas to reflect French Assam and Telangana wit- BJP-aligned Bharatiya ations of financial institutions has issued commercial papers energy giant Total's stake in the nessed complete shut down on Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) is not such as banks and insurance worth Rs 90 crore. firm. Adani Gas has through a Thursday and normal life was participating in the strike. companies have also been Tenure of the instrument is postal ballot sought sharehold- partially affected in many other Hind Mazdoor Sabha affected. 53 days and date of maturity ers' nod to change the name as well as alter its memorandum and states as more than 25 crore (HMS) General Secretary Besides state government is January 18, 2021, Jubilant articles of association, according to the firm's filing to stock workers participated in the Harbhajan Singh Sidhu told and central government Life Sciences said in a regu- exchanges. After the French giant buying stake, Adani Gas is now "a nationwide strike, according to PTI that the number of work- employees, those from the latory filing. joint venture company of Adani Group and TOTAL Group, France central trade unions. ers who joined the natiowide Income Tax Department and Commercial paper is an with 37.40 per cent stake by each promoter and remaining 25.20 per The day-long countrywide agitation on Thursday exceed- other PSU workers are partic- unsecured money market cent with public shareholders," it said. "In order to reflect the names strike has been called by a joint ed the expected number of 25 ipating in the strike in a big instrument issued in the form of both promoter groups, it is proposed to change the name of the platform of ten central trade crore. way, the unions claimed. of a promissory note. It was company from 'Adani Gas Limited' to 'Adani Total Gas Limited' to unions to protest against the He also said that coal mine "Reports of successful strike introduced in India in 1990 reflect the holding structure," the filing said. The Board of the firm, central government's new farm workers along with those from in coal and copper mines, to enable highly rated corpo- which retails CNG to automobiles and piped natural gas to household and labour laws, among other defence, railways and other including other mineral rate borrowers to diversify kitchens and industries in 15 geographical areas, had on November 3 workers-related issues, as well public sectors are also support- resource mines, have been their sources of short-term approved the name change. as to raise various demands. ed the strike. received. The employees of borrowings and to provide an Various independent feder- Scheme workers, electricity postal, telecom and steel sector additional instrument to ations and associations are employees, domestic workers, were also in action and gramin investors. also part of the joint platform. ment issued by the trade India Trade Union Congress construction workers, beedi dak sevaks observed 100 per Shares of Jubilant Life Apollo Tyres aims to launch "The states of Kerala, unions said. (AITUC), Hind Mazdoor workers, hawkers, vendors, cent strike," the statement said. Sciences closed at Rs 719 per Puducherry, Odisha, Assam Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh Sabha (HMS), Centre of Indian agricultural workers, self In several places, oil sector scrip on BSE, up 1.38 per cent Vredestein brand early next year and Telangana have reported reported 100 per cent strike, Trade Unions (CITU), All employed in rural and urban unions also observed strike. from its previous close. complete shut down. Tamil including at BALCO, the state- India United Trade Union India are holding demonstra- Workers also resorted to pick- pollo Tyres is planning to Nadu reported complete shut ment said. Centre (AIUTUC), Trade tions at various places, even eting in some parts of the introduce its European tyre down in 13 districts, while the Normal life was affected in Union Co-ordination Centre defying police restrictions, the country. Abrand Vredestein in India industrial strike continues in West Bengal and Tripura, and (TUCC) and Self-Employed statement said. Further, the statement said early next year as it looks to the rest of the districts. Punjab sporadic incidents of clashes Women's Association (SEWA) At many places, the auto and that total number of workers cater to premium cars in the and Haryana have reported were reported in West Bengal, are part of the joint platform. taxi drivers have remained off who have joined the strike at replacement market, according that the state road transport according to reports. Others are All India Central the roads. Railway and defence over 25 crore exceeds the num- to a top company official. The buses have not left their depots Indian National Trade Council of Trade Unions (AIC- employees have held demon- ber of those participated in a home-grown tyre major had in the morning," a joint state- Union Congress (INTUC), All CTU), Labour Progressive strations in support of the similar strike on January 8. acquired the Netherlands based Vredestein Banden BV (VBBV) for an undisclosed sum in 2009 from Russia's bankrupt largest tyre manufacturer Amtel-Vredestein NV. The Vredestein tyres are ‘5G holds currently sold in Europe, the US, the Middle East, Africa and a few Asean countries. Apollo Tyres had introduced Vredestein tyres Power sector employees protest Sensex rallies 432 briefly in the Indian market in 2013 as a pilot project. However, after huge promise gauging the response at that time the company postponed the launch plans. With growth in high-end car sales and restriction on for India' pts on F&O expiry imported tyres in place, the tyre maker is now looking to manufa- against privatization of discoms n cture the tyres locally in the country. We have seen the opportunity PNS NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n MUMBAI of launching our Vredestein brand in India. We did try it four, five The advent of 5G along with years ago and we basically made our own mistakes over there. Power sector employees on futuristic technologies like AI Equity benchmark Sensex ral- Thursday held nationwide and IoT hold tremendous lied 432 points on Thursday, protests against the govern- promise for India, and a col- tracking gains in banking and ment's decision to privatize laborative approach, identi- financial stocks as the HMD Global looking at discoms, the All India Power fication of suitable market- November series derivatives Engineers Federation (AIPEF) specific use cases and atten- expired amid largely positive leveraging India for exports said. tion to data security and cues from global markets. They also demanded with- privacy aspects would be After a volatile session, the MD Global, which sells drawal of Electricity key to unleashing its full 30-share BSE index ended Nokia brand of mobile (Amendment) Bill 2020 and potential, a senior TRAI offi- 431.64 points or 0.98 per cent Strategy at Reliance Securities. Hphones, on Thursday said scrapping of the standard bid- cial said on Thursday. higher at 44,259.74. "Improved prospects of India is "at the heart and centre" ding document (SBD). The explosion of disrup- Similarly, the broader NSE earnings recovery in the back- of its business and the company "Lakhs of power sector tive technologies has trans- Nifty surged 128.60 points or drop of improvement in col- is exploring if this market can be employees including engineers, formed the way people inter- 1 per cent to 12,987. lection efficiencies, better out- leveraged for exports as well. today held nationwide protests act, socialise and businesses Tata Steel was the top gain- look for credit costs and pos- HMD Global - which launched seeking the withdrawal of operate, SK Gupta, Secretary, er in the Sensex pack, rising sibility of reversal of provisions its latest Nokia 2.4 in India for Electricity (Amendment) Bill Madhya Pradesh, Assam, poses that discoms in all the Telecom Regulatory around 5 per cent, followed by due to resolution of select Rs 10,399 - is working with various ODM (original design 2020, scrapping of SBD and among others. states and union territories Authority of India (TRAI) Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Auto, large accounts along with bet- manufacturer) and EMS (electronic manufacturing solution) opposed the privatization of He noted that the power undertake privatization. said while addressing a vir- HDFC, HCL Tech and Titan. ter valuations attracted partners to meet the domestic demand for feature phones and power distribution companies engineers did not join The state government will tual event organised by On the other hand, Maruti, investors in BFSIs," he noted. smartphones. "We have different ODM and EMS partners who we (discoms) in states and union Thursday's strike called by ten provide subsidised bulk power PHDCCI. ONGC, IndusInd Bank and Heavy buying sentiment work with in India... all of our devices as of now what we are selling territories," AIPEF spokesper- central trade unions and just for the successor entity for "Future of 5G is important. Tech Mahindra were among was also seen as November are 100 per cent manufactured in India. While they are designed in son V K Gupta said in a state- staged a simple protest to making it an independently Collaborative development the laggards. derivative contracts expired, Finland, all the smartphones and feature phones for India are ment. highlight their issues. financially viable entity. The has to be done. We all should Domestic equities witnessed traders said. manufactured in India," HMD Global Vice President Sanmeet Singh Gupta said protest meetings Gupta claimed that the gov- assets of discoms will be leased come on one platform, sharp recovery led by sharp Elsewhere in Asia, bourses Kochhar told PTI. He added that the company has managed supply were held in all the states and ernment is hell-bent on creat- on a token payment. encourage trials for use rebound in banking, financial in Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong chain well, both in terms of components and devices. Handset union territories, including ing private monopolies in the The federation opposes the cases, particularly for India, services and insurance (BFSI) Kong and Seoul ended with vendors faced constraints in supply after the lockdown, and many Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, power sector with the sole proposed transfer of public and that will be the key stocks and metals. significant gains. players had to import devices to meet the heightened demand that Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, motive of helping corporate assets to the private sector as to success," SK Gupta said BFSIs continued to be a key Stock exchanges in Europe, was driven by trends like 'work from home' and 'study from home'. Maharashtra, Telangana, Tamil houses. this will result in a high tariff at a webinar on 5G driving force for the market, however, began of a tepid "We are evaluating how India can be at the heart and centre of our Nadu, West Bengal, Gujarat, The SBD document pro- for the consumers, he said. Technology. said Binod Modi, Head- note. sourcing and if we can look at catering not only to the domestic demand but leverage India for exports as well," Kochhar said. 26/11 ATTACKS Capital account convertibility will continue: Das Gold, silver rise marginally Ratan calls for unity, act PNS n MUMBAI nomic conditions,” Das said, outbound FDI by Indian incor- old prices rose speaking at an event organised porated entities is allowed as a marginally by Rs 17 India will continue to approach by the Foreign Exchange multiple of their net worth, he Gto Rs 48,257 per 10 of sensitivity to continue capital account convertibility as Dealers' Association of India said, pointing out that there has gram in the national “a process rather an event”, (FEDAI). been a liberalisation in the capital on Thursday, PNS n NEW DELHI brave who helped conquer Reserve Bank of India (RBI) He added that a long-term external commercial borrow- according to HDFC the enemy but what we must Governor Shaktikanta Das said vision with short- and medi- ing framework as well to Securities. In the Veteran industrialist Ratan applaud is the unity and acts on Thursday. um-term goals is the way include expanding eligible bor- previous trade, the Tata on Thursday called for of kindness and sensitivity The central bank chief said ahead on this. rowers. precious metal had "unity and acts of kindness and which we should cherish," the capital account is convert- Das said foreign portfolio “Internationalisation of closed at Rs 48,240 per sensitivity" that Mumbai Tata said. Hopefully, it will ible to a “great extent” at pre- investment (FPI) in Indian financial markets can lower 10 gram. Silver prices showed in response to the ter- continue to shine in the years sent and enumerated the debt markets has been expand- transaction costs with effi- also gained Rs 28 to Rs ror attack 12 years ago, to con- ahead, he added. specifics on both inward and ed within calibrated macro- ciency gains,” he said. 59,513 per kilogram tinue in the future. Mahindra & Mahindra outward flows which are reforms of the early 1990s, is prudential norms and added “Over the last three decades, from Rs 59,485 per kilogram in the previous trade. "Spot gold In a social media post, the Chairman Anand Mahindra allowed. partially convertible right now that limits under the medium- India has undergone a trans- prices for 24 carat in Delhi were marginally up by Rs 17 limiting chairman emeritus of the Tata tweeted, "Mumbaikars won't It can be noted that capital with caps and other restric- term framework for invest- formation from being a virtu- upside on rupee appreciation," HDFC Securities Senior Analyst group said, "The wanton forget the night of the account convertibility is a very tions. ment by FPIs have been grad- ally closed economy to one that (Commodities) Tapan Patel said. In the international market, gold destruction that took place 12 #2611Attack when the air was sensitive subject as it deals with “Capital account convert- ually increased and proce- is globally connected and open was trading with gains at USD 1,815 per ounce, while silver was years ago will never be forgot- filled with uncertainty and liberalisation of capital trans- ibility will continue to be dures rationalised. to a much larger volume of quoting flat at USD 23.42 per ounce. "Gold prices witnessed some ten." "Today, we certainly can insecurity. I remember feeling actions into and out of a coun- approached as a process rather At present, inward foreign international transactions and short recovery on holiday shortened week as US markets are closed mourn the ones we lost and as if the city and the country try. India, which started open- than an event, taking cogni- direct investment (FDI) is capital flows than before,” he today on Thanksgiving as investors turned cautious over vaccine honour the sacrifice of the were being invaded." ing up on this front with the sance of prevalent macroeco- allowed in most sectors and added. progress and stimulus hopes," Patel added. India sees highest drop in work, social travels ‘Asia needs to leverage regional PNS n NEW DELHI down measures in India to behavior towards mobility. Five control the pandemic, resulting hundred respondents from Amid the global wave of in steep declines across travel India participated in the survey. coop to boost Corona recovery’ COVID-19 in the past nine segments. Of the nine countries sur- months, India saw the highest "The survey results also indi- veyed, EY said India and PNS n NEW DELHI all of us that our usual assump- recover and rebuild from the drop in work, social and house- cate an overall reduction in Singapore have witnessed the tions and approaches to COVID-19 pandemic. hold travels among nine coun- average weekly travel time by maximum decline in average Stronger regional cooperation regional cooperation and inte- Moreover, the book exam- tries, including China and the 40 per cent from 6 hours to 3.7 weekly commute time. strategies — including in gration have to change in ways ines approaches to strengthen US, reflecting the disruptive hours per person," it added. "India felt the steepest health, trade, finance, and dis- that promote resilience and regional trade and investment; changes brought about by the EY India Partner and decline of more than 5 hours, aster risk — can help govern- sustainability," it noted. improve intraregional infra- pandemic in the patterns of Automotive Sector Leader from 81 per cent to just 27 per ments in Asia and the Pacific Susantono highlighted the structure and connectivity; mobility across the world, Vinay Raghunath said, "The cent, while in Singapore, it fell accelerate economic growth need for Asia and the Pacific reduce financial risk; coordi- according to survey consultan- change in mobility industry from 61 per cent to 19 per and a robust recovery from the to reassess its regional cooper- nate health systems and cy firm EY. dynamics and consumer cent," it said. COVID-19 pandemic, accord- ation and integration strategies approaches; and enhance coor- The changing mobility pat- behavior will push sector stake- EY added that a long-term ing to a new book released by and pathways. dination on cross-border issues tern has further raised perti- holders to think through new decline in commuting time the Asian Development Bank This new book, Future of such as climate change and nent questions about the nature operating models that leverage could mean a lower peak (ADB). Regional Cooperation in Asia ocean health. and shape of cities and trans- digital platforms and help ride demand and less strain on "Regional cooperation and and the Pacific, provides Enhanced regional cooper- port networks. the next wave of mobility public transport systems and integration has been an effec- insights and a foundation for ation can, for example, help "Amid this health crisis, the the survey found that the coun- biggest democracy with a pop- growth." road networks. It also said, tive driver for strong econom- deeper and more effective expand trade and investment consumer is heavily conflicted try "witnessed the highest drop ulation of 138 crore, parallels EY had conducted a survey, "This profuse reduction in use ic growth and a sharp reduc- regional cooperation for a by opening avenues and over mobility; not having to in work travel of nearly 69 per the levels of work-related as part of the Mobility of public transport and road tion in poverty," ADB vice- world reshaped by the pan- opportunities for small and commute to work has given cent, followed almost parallel- decline of 70 per cent in a small Consumer Index, this month networks brings forth a chal- president for knowledge man- demic. medium-sized enterprises many a new sense of autono- ly by social travel that declined country of Sweden with a pop- with 3,300 consumers across lenging situation for the trains, agement and sustainable devel- The book provides a critical (SMEs) to participate more my as well as a few hours of by 59 per cent and household ulation of only a crore," it nine countries, including India, buses and subway operators opment Bambang Susantono examination of regional coop- actively in local and global sup- their time back every day," EY travel that fell by 58 per cent". added. China, the US and the UK, to that find it difficult to generate said in a statement. eration initiatives and explores ply chains through better said in a statement. "The drops are substantial, as EY said the decline can be explore the impact of COVID- enough revenue to meet their Further, "the COVID-19 opportunities for economies in transportation and connectiv- As far as India is concerned, India which is the world's attributed to the strict lock- 19 on consumer attitudes and operational costs." pandemic is a wake-up call to the region to work together to ity, it said. Follow us on @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/ dailypioneer

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here is a universal pragmatic policies, regula- a golden opportunity for There is no such thing as right to health, tions and actions, which tobacco harm reduction. absolute safety but the newer including for those either reduce health risks by Over the last five years I have and safer nicotine product T who, for whatever providing safer forms of become an ardent advocate have been in wide circulation reason, continue products or substances or for e-cigarettes. I set up the for more than a decade now to engage in risky encourage less risky behav- Global Forum on Nicotine with accumulated evidence behaviour. iours. Harm reduction does with Paddy Costall to help that they are much less risky Harm reduc- not focus primarily on the take forward discussion on e- than combustibles. tion refers eradication of products or cigarettes and other lower “After decades of tobacco to a behaviours. The humane risk nicotine products,” shares research which failed to range response, instead, is to reduce Gerry Stimson, the director demonstrate adverse effects of the risks, thereby enabling of Knowledge Action Change. of nicotine on the developing people to survive and live Product innovation contin- brain, recent claims to this better — in this case through ues to offer a wide choice to effect about vaping are not access to safer nicotine prod- adult consumers looking to credible. Failing to demon- ucts aimed at encouraging avoid smoking. The origins strate a gateway effect from people to switch away from of vaping lay outside the orbit vaping to smoking, anti-cam- cigarettes, is one of the of tobacco multinationals paigners majored on nicotine most dangerous ways of and the creative disruption addiction. However, given consuming nicotine. caused was underlined by the the lack of evidence about The global smoking success of JUUL which rapid- the physical and psychologi- problem continues ly overtook its rivals. Some of cal harms of nicotine, con- unabated but there its early marketing to the cerns about addiction belong are glimmers of young adult end of the smok- more to the realm of moral hope too. “I’m not a ing market, clearly caused objections than public health. smoker, I’m not a controversy but the product Finally and without any evi- vaper but I’m an delivered a nicotine experi- dence, it has been claimed expert on harm ence that was sought by that vaping puts users more reduction. I’m a many in the wider market of at risk from COVID-19,” public health adult consumers. adds the director who is social scientist “There has been no help mapping the global develop- who helped from Public Health experts, ment of tobacco harm reduc- invent drugs to the contrary, many of the tion. harm reduction. so-called experts have been What’s the way forward When I first hostile to vaping and vapers. from here? For the first time heard about e- There are now new questions there is now a wide range of cigarettes, I for science, for policy, and positive inducements for realised product standards. And people to switch from smok- that when you can deliver nico- ing rather than just disincen- here tine without smoking tobac- tives. Through the new Safer was co, it begins to change our Nicotine Product that offers view of it. So, we wanted to an unprecedented exit strate- create an event where people gy that has been shown to be could discuss these issues,” he acceptable to smokers and at states further. minimal cost to govern- Vaping devices, already ments. Aspirations aside, the discreet and easy to use, reality is that tobacco control HOPE FOR are becoming technologically could only ever help to more sophisticated, making reduce harm so the case for the term e-cigarette increas- harm reduction has always ingly redundant. More com- been inherent in the mission panies are involved in devel- statement for tobacco except oping heated tobacco prod- now there is a real-world ucts while new non-tobacco opportunity to add enormous nicotine products are also heft to beneficial public QUITTERS! coming onto the market. health outcomes. Smokers have time and again heard and are irked by statements asking them to quit smoking. If you are someone who is planning to quit smoking, TINA BHATIA here is some good news. Read on to know more on playing Stockholm syndrome victim Dating will feel different now IN WELCOME HOME, THE ACTRESS WILL BE SEEN IN A 020 has upended lennials and Gen Z in India release throughout this down, what didn’t change our lives in unex- to make the first move, and month. Additionally, Bumble was the need to seek and PIVOTAL ROLE ALONG pected ways - aims to support the Bumble has partnered with a robust build meaningful connec- WITH HER REAL LIFE 2 redefining dating community to navigate the set of influencers across tions. We’ve learnt from our HUSBAND BOLORAM rules, navigating new rules of dating in these India to support its commu- recent study that one in two virtual and socially challenging times. The cam- nity to make the first move people in India are ready to distanced dating etiquettes paign spans across various and forge meaningful con- go on an in-person date now. place where they discover and different approaches to touch points including five nections as well as out of Single Indians are navigating more enthralling and relationships and mental unique digital films concep- home branding in shopping this new world of dating and thrilling instances. Along wellbeing in this new envi- tualised by The Script Room, malls in Mumbai, Delhi, redefining the rule book as with Tina, her real life hus- ronment. Bumble’s recent which capture different sto- Bangalore, Hyderabad, India unlocks. With our new ctress Tina Bhatia, did a lot of research about it band Boloram Das is also research found that one in ries of virtual and socially- Kolkata and Pune. campaign, we want to sup- best known for since it is found to be very playing an impactful role of a two claims they are ready to distanced dating. Bumble Speaking about the cam- port our Bumble community playing Choti rare in India. It was a very terrifying man who promises go on a date in real life. kicked off the campaign with paign, Samarpita Samaddar, in navigating the new rules Ammi in Gully challenging role for me when to perform horrible deeds However, 64% of the Bumble the first film, ‘For your eyes Bumble India PR Director of dating and encourage A Boy and acclaimed I got to know more peculiari- and goes right ahead with it. community claim that their only’ last week which will be said, “Even though 2020 them to make the first move for her role of ties about this syndrome. “Initially, I was not a part dating life has significantly followed by others slated to turned our lives upside because falling in love is still Dulhin in Gulabo Sitaboo is Taking references and getting of the film but because of an changed post the pandemic an exciting possibility in currently seen in Welcome into the skin of the character, accident of the former actor and 70% of single Indians 2020! Even though your dat- Home streaming on SonyLiv. altogether is a new experi- who was finalised, I got on say they are not comfortable ing journey might be a little She is playing a pivotal role ence that I learnt. As people board with the team. Tina is navigating dating in 2020. BUMBLE’S NEW INTEGRATED bumpy, Bumble’s got your along with her real life hus- are suffering from this syn- not only my wife but my Bumble, the women-first back!” band in the film. While shar- drome and are not fully nor- batchmate too, since NSD. So social networking app, CAMPAIGN ENCOURAGES MILLENNIALS Bumble recently also ing her experience on playing mal, I had to maintain that we are very familiar with launched its new integrated AND GEN Z IN INDIA TO MAKE THE launched three new dating a Stockholm’s syndrome vic- throughout, as my character each other’s work. An inter- campaign aimed at empow- badges in India to help peo- tim she says, “I’m essaying a was a victim but not mentally esting part is that this is the ering and supporting its FIRST MOVE, AND AIMS TO SUPPORT ple communicate how and character named Prerna. I retarded.” first film that we are doing community to navigate the what kind of dates they chose this character because Two professors ring the together and just shared only new rules of dating. THE COMMUNITY TO NAVIGATE THE would like to go on: virtual, it holds a prominent role in wrong doorbell where the one frame together. We Bumble’s new integrated NEW RULES OF DATING IN THESE socially-distanced or socially the climax and is the turning character Prerna, who is analyse each other’s work and campaign encourages mil- distanced with masks. point of the film. After saying pregnant, opens the door. at the same time help each CHALLENGING TIMES. yes to the film, I came to Her child-like manner and other out. So it was a great know about Stockholm syn- bruises on her body make opportunity together,” shares drome. Then I took refer- them suspicious, due to Tina’s real and reel life hus- ences from the director and which, they go back to the band! 10

Vijayawada Friday November 27 2020 what’s brewing? Singer Peter Andre turns fitness and health guru

inger Peter Andre YouTube channel, ‘Life with pump instructor” has more seems to be trying the Andres’, I'll also be to share. out a new career as launching a fitness and cook- “Here’s a bit of trivia for S he is going to use his ing channel. I want to show you — I’m also a fully quali- fitness and health people they can eat the foods fied body pump instructor, knowledge to help they want and counteract it so you may see a class or two people. He is launching a diet with exercise and making from me on that — but don’t and exercise channel online, subtle changes.” expect me to be wearing where he aims to advise peo- “I've been training since I lycra,” he said in a magazine ple on how to enjoy their was 13, so I know all the old column. food while still staying and new styles of training Andre had recently said he healthy, reports and I can help people of all wants to be in the “best shape femalefirst.co.uk. ages and abilities,” he added. of (his) life” when he turns 50 He said: “As well as our The “fully qualified body in February 2023.

Priyanka Chopra: My upbringing, an Meghan Markle opens amalgamation of up about suffering Why Kelly Brook Why Kelly Brook never feels sexy never feels sexy Why Kelly Brook never feels sexy two Indias, miscarriage in July Why Kelly Brook Why Kelly Brook Why Kelly Brook never feels sexy never feels sexy never feels sexy traditional he Duchess of Sussex and modern Meghan Markle has T revealed that she lobal icon and suffered a miscar- Bollywood super- riage in July this star Priyanka wearing year. Chopra Jonas says a mask Meghan, wife of G her upbringing has while getting a Harry, Duke of Sussex, played a crucial manicure. Her opened up about the tragic role in shaping her personali- hair is covered in incident to New York Times in an ty. plastic sheets, hinting article titled “The Losses We “I am a product of tradi- at new hair colour Share”. She described the expe- tional India and its ancient “Prep... starting text rience as an “almost unbear- wisdom, and modern India for you on Friday,” she able grief”. and its urban bustle. My wrote with the photos. Meghan shared: “It was a upbringing was always an Written and directed by July morning that began as amalgamation of the two Jim Strouse, the film is an ordinarily as any other day: Indias and, just as much, of English remake of the Make breakfast. Feed the East and West,” she said. German-language film SMS dogs. Take vitamins. Find ormer glamour quite “embarrassed” about think, ‘Oh that was the The actress has started Fur Dich, based on Sofie that missing sock. Pick up model Kelly it even when she was a time I went through that preparation for her next Cramer’s novel. the rogue crayon that Brook says she glamour model. break-up, or that was the romantic drama, tentatively The actress is gearing up rolled under the table. F never feels sexy Brook said: “It paid the time my father passed titled Text For You, co-star- for her upcoming Netflix Throw my hair in a pony- as she is more bills but it was weird for away...’ They weren’t ring Grammy-winner Celine release The White Tiger tail before getting my son of a goofy me. Twenty-one was never happy times. You just Dion and actor Sam along with Rajkummar Rao, from his crib.” “After chang- clown and is embarrassed really a sexy girl — I'm a don’t want to eat. I did eat, Heughan. and Robert Rodriguez’s ing his diaper, I felt a sharp to be regarded as a sex bit more of a geeky, goofy I just couldn’t put on Through her Instagram superhero film We Can cramp. I dropped to the floor symbol. clown.” weight,” she said. Stories, Priyanka also revealed Be Heroes. with him in my arms, hum- “I've never felt sexy in The model, who is in a Brook was at her “curvi- that she will start shooting for Priyanka’s memoir, ming a lullaby to keep us both my life. I’m the happiest relationship with actor est” best when she was 16. the project on Friday. Unfinished: A calm, the cheerful tune a stark I’ve ever felt in my own Jeremy Parisi, says she has “Weirdly, when I’ve She shared several pictures Memoir, is all set to contrast to my sense that some- skin, but I don’t wake up been working to lose the been at my curviest at a from her prep mode, in which release in thing was not right,” she added. every day feeling sexy. I weight she gained during size 16, I’ve been at my she is seen getting her hair January 2021. “I knew, as I clutched my firstborn feel that is something that lockdown, though she happiest. I was living in and nails done before she child, that I was losing my second. is projected on to me does not want to be “skin- Kent with Jeremy, having begins work. Hours later, I lay in a hospital bed, hold- rather than how I actually ny” again. gin and tonics and roast The photographs showed ing my husband’s hand. I felt the clammi- feel about myself,” Brook “When I look back at dinners and playing with Priyanka ness of his palm and kissed his knuckles, wet told Closer magazine. my younger self, I’m like a my little ducks in the from both our tears...I tried to imagine how we’d She added that she got skinny stick. But then I country,” she recalled. heal,” Meghan further wrote in the article. FUN

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Shami, Bumrah might Rohit-less India take Oz challenge be rotated, hints Kohli PTI n SYDNEY people react to different situ- ations. There is a fine balance Back in Blue for first time since coronavirus enforced break, Virat & Co venture into unknown against mighty hosts he workload of premier fast that you need to maintain, Tbowlers Jasprit Bumrah something we have managed expect his skipper to have a ear Chahal could be the man and Mohammed Shami is of to do for the last few years,” Australia vs India for his suggestions and take that the Australian middle- paramount importance to Kohli said. Live from 9:10am IST those tricky DRS calls while order, especially the likes of India captain Virat Kohli and “That is why our bowlers SONY TEN 1, 3 & SIX NETWORK successfully reading Marcus Stonis, Glenn Maxwell he said it will be closely mon- have been fit and available for Yuzvendra Chahal’s googlies and Alex Carey, would be itored and managed during the the important matches most of PTI n SYDNEY behind the stumps. wary of. white-ball series against the times for us. It is an impor- An enviable template has But in the absence of a Australia to keep them in good tant factor for me as a captain. new world and a differ- been set by “that genius from steady death bowler like shape for the Tests. It is going to be crucial.” ent shade of retro blue Ranchi” and Rahul, of all peo- Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Bumrah It is expected that Shami Kohli said that Aawaits a circumspect ple, will be the first to admit will once again be expected to and Bumrah, in the absence of youngsters will be tried Indian cricket team which re- that his position is an unenvi- carry the maximum work- an injured Ishant Sharma, will out during these two enters the international arena able one. load. have to the carry the bulk of series. without a white-ball colossus It’s an inspired move to The premier slinger the burden during the Test “Yes, we have defi- in Rohit Sharma, facing the ensure an extra batting or wouldn’t mind if rival skipper series and they will be nitely discussed might of a menacing Australia bowling option that will lend Aaron Finch once again find rotated during the those things. in the first ODI at Sydney the necessary balance to side, him in his nightmares. ODIs and T20 There are a lot of Cricket Ground on Friday. something that has been com- The three ODIs will be fol- Internationals start- young guys in The absence of an injured promised a bit because of lowed by as many T20 ing from Friday. the squad. Rohit Sharma will certainly Hardik Pandya’s inability to Internationals before the Test “It’s a no-brain- “It is a great leave a gaping hole at the top bowl due to an earlier case of series beginning December er. They have gone opportunity for of the order, something that stress fracture. 17. through a full IPL. them to realise skipper Virat Kohli wouldn’t If it is Pandya’s explosive The series will see a return It will be impor- something new have fancied at the onset of a hitting at No 6 or 7 that will of the in-stadia crowds with tant to monitor about their game. It’s gruelling two-month tour. give his captain the confi- Cricket Australia approving their workload,” a very important Kohli’s men, who had been dence to play two spinners, occupancy of 50 per cent of Kohli said on series for them. on a Covid-enforced interna- Shreyas Iyer’s show at No 4 the available seats. CA had the eve of the Definitely looking tional break since the disas- during the last tour remains a stated that the tickets have first ODI. forward to seeing trous away series against New feel good factor for the visitors. been sold out. “You want to see how how they shape up.” Zealand that ended early March, now kick-start their international calendar in a series where a lot of probing questions are expected to be ‘Lack of clarity, confusion over Rohit’s injury’ asked. For those who believe in PTI n SYDNEY hamstring injury is doing is happen on December 11 and superstition, the return of the rehab at the National Cricket right now it’s a waiting game for 1992 World Cup’s navy blue ndia captain Virat Kohli on Academy in Bengaluru and is the team sitting in Australia. jersey isn’t a good omen as one IThursday didn’t hide his dis- still three weeks away from full “The only other informa- of India’s worst performances pleasure at the Rohit Sharma match fitness but a 14-day hard tion we got is that he is in NCA (7th in 9 teams) happened in injury saga stating that “confu- quarantine (without training) and he is being assessed and he that particular edition. sion and lack of clarity” has led would rule him out of the Test will again be assessed on 11th For the more pragmatic, it to the team management play- series, starting December 17. December. It’s not ideal at all. will be more about how Kohli’s ing a “waiting game” on his He played in the IPL with- It’s been very confusing and a men get their combination availability which is not ideal. in days of being left out of the lot of uncertainty and lack of right in the absence of Rohit, Mohammad Shami and KL Rahul chat during India’s training session at Sydney Cricket Ground BCCI/Instagram Answering media queries Australia tour before being clarity around the situation,” whose injury has been a topic online ahead of the ODI series, subsequently added to the Test the skipper’s irritation was pal- of national debate. spin of Adam Zampa, who has tant format, so will it be a Hence Shardul Thakur Kohli said Rohit was said to be squad. pable. Whether it’s the young at times been the Indian cap- “win-at-all-costs” approach by and Navdeep Saini need to up unavailable before the selection “After that (the selection In fact, Kohli just like it has Shubman Gill or the slightly tain’s nemesis. Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri their respective games by a few committee meeting earlier this meeting) he played in the IPL been reported, said that now more experienced Mayank Facing an Australia team or a more easygoing mindset notches if one of the two month. and we all thought he would be Rohit and pacer Ishant Sharma, Agarwal, whoever partners an in their own backyard with a keeping the Test series in seniors are rested. “Before the selection meet- on that flight to Australia and who is recovering from a side in-form Shikhar Dhawan, the Steve Smith, who is getting mind. But do they have the ing, we got a mail that he is we had no information on strain, arriving in Australia is challenge of facing a Mitchell back his rhythm, an eternally For starters, Jasprit wherewithal to trouble a world unavailable, that he has picked why he is not travelling with us. not certain given the strict 14- Starc or a Pat Cummins first hungry David Warner and a Bumrah and Mohammed class Australian top-order, up an injury during the IPL. It There has been no information, day quarantine enforcement up will still be an onerous one. future great in Marnus Shami could both start but the which can be destructive on said that the pros and cons of there has been lack of clarity,” here. So ‘King Kohli’ again has Labuschagne isn’t the best of team management may have most days? the injury were explained to whether he and his white ball Kohli said. “Right now, there is so his task cut out as he gears up propositions and thus some to rest one of the two alternate- Then there will be an acid him and he understood and he deputy have been communicat- “We have been playing the much uncertainty and whether to combat a high quality pace priorities will be tested. ly, keeping in mind their test in store for KL Rahul, a was unavailable,” Kohli said. ing on various sensitive issues waiting game,” he added. they are going to make it and attack, which is likely to be For the next two years, 50- importance in the more tradi- stylish batsman, who will have The Indian captain’s view pertaining to the team. Kohli said that Rohit’s next if they are going to make it at complemented by the wrist over cricket is the least impor- tional format. to find those gaps with ease, did open a pandora’s box about Rohit, who is nursing a left assessment at the NCA will all or not.” India have quality player in 6 Pak cricketers Atalanta stun Liverpool at Anfield Mayank to replace Rohit: Finch test Covid +ve AFP n MUNICH/LIVERPOOL Lionel Messi (118). paigns going back to 2011-12. against us in the past. It (Rohit’s CHRISTCHURCH: Six touring Kingsley Coman scored Meanwhile, Inter Milan injury) is unfortunate,” Finch Pakistan cricketers have tested obert Lewandowski set Bayern’s second and then are on the brink of being elim- said in a virtual media interac- positive for Covid-19 here, New RBayern Munich on the way crossed for Leroy Sane to head inated in the group stage after tion ahead of the series open- Zealand Cricket announced on to a 3-1 Champions League win in their third, before Mergim Arturo Vidal was sent off as er Thursday, alleging a breach of over Salzburg on Wednesday as Berisha pulled a goal back for they went down 2-0 at home to “You want to play against the bio-secure protocol by the the holders joined Manchester the Austrian champions. Real Madrid. the best players all the time but visitors who have been asked City in qualifying for the last 16 Marc Roca was sent Eden Hazard gave whoever he is going to replace not train in quarantine and with two group games to spare, off for Bayern, but they the visitors an early him, possibly Mayank, he has issued a “final warning”. while Liverpool went down to have a maximum 12 lead from the penalty been in great form as well. So A jumbo 53-strong Pakistan defeat and Marseille are now points and are guaranteed spot at San Siro for his you take away a lot of experi- squad, led by Babar Azam, the owners of an unwanted to advance as Group A first Champions ence but you also bring in arrived in New Zealand on record. winners, while Atletico League goal in a Real another quality player.” Tuesday and is serving a On a night when clubs Madrid sit second but shirt, and Vidal was Finch was Virat Kohli’s mandatory 14-day quarantine marked news of the death of continue to toil in Europe sent off before the teammate at Royal Challengers period as per Covid-19 proto- Diego Maradona by holding a this season after being break after seeing two PTI n SYDNEY Bangalore during the IPL and col. minute’s silence in memory of held 0-0 at home by Lokomotiv yellow cards for dissent in was asked if he noticed in “Two of these six results the Argentine before all Moscow. quick succession. ustralian skipper Aaron weaknesses in India skipper’s have been deemed ‘historical’; Champions League games, Pep Guardiola’s City earli- A Rodrygo shot went in off AFinch on Thursday said game. four have been confirmed as Bayern eased to a record- Papu Gomez, right, celebrates with teammates following Atalanta’s win AP er secured progress as Phil Achraf Hakimi in the second India have enough quality in “He doesn’t have too many new,” NZC said in a statement extending 15th straight win in front on the hour mark before Ajax go to Liverpool next Foden swept in from a Raheem half to make it 2-0, and Real are their ODI squad to replace a to be honest. If you look at his without revealing the names of the competition. German international Robin week. Sterling back-heel to secure a now on course to qualify from great batsman like Rohit record it is second to none. We the players who have tested pos- Six-time European cham- Gosens got the second goal. For Bayern, Lewandowski 1-0 win away to Olympiakos in Group B after losing 3-2 at Sharma, who is back home have to keep looking get him itive for the dreaded virus. pions Liverpool are not yet sure “A deserved defeat in a dif- scored the opener just before Greece, their fourth win out of home to Shakhtar Donetsk in nursing a hamstring injury. out. When you go away from All six members of the of progressing to the next ficult game,” was how Liverpool half-time at an empty Allianz four in Group C. their first game. The in-form Mayank that and look to contain play- squad will be moved to the round after going down 2-0 to manager Jurgen Klopp Arena, his 14th goal of the sea- Second-place Porto are on Shakhtar lost 4-0 to Agarwal is likely to open with ers you can sort of miss a trick quarantine arm of a managed Atalanta at Anfield. summed up the game. son and also his 71st altogeth- the brink of joining them in Borussia Moenchengladbach, Shikhar Dhawan in Rohit’s there,” Finch said. isolation facility. Pakistan are Three weeks after beating Liverpool are top of Group er in the Champions League, qualifying after a 2-0 win at with Lars Stindl scoring a absence in the ODI series. “There are not too many here for three T20 the same side 5-0 in Italy, D on nine points, two points leaving him level with Real Marseille, which was the penalty and Nico Elvedi, Breel “He is obviously a great chinks in his armour, he is Internationals and two Tests. Liverpool struggled with a clear of Atalanta and Ajax, Madrid great Raul in third French side’s 13th consecutive Embolo and Oscar Wendt also player and someone who has probably the best one day play- The series begins December 18 weakened starting line-up, and who were 3-1 winners at home place on the all-time list behind defeat in the competition on target to keep the Germans had quite a bit of success er of all time.” in Auckland. PTI Josip Ilicic put Atalanta in to Midtjylland. Cristiano Ronaldo (131) and stretching over three cam- on top of the group. Diego Maradona’s India connection: Playing football with Ganguly in Kolkata, now a statue in Goa The Argentine legend was 57 when he came to Kolkata in 2017 and showed glimpses of his deft left foot and sweated it out with a bunch of school children

PNS/AGENCIES n NEW DELHI and was eloquent in his three- minute Spanish speech. ‘Childhood hero' Maradona inspired is promise to bring “big- “I’m here for football... It is Htime” football to India a big step, that we take to uplift me to take up football: Bhutia remained unfulfilled as Diego football in India,” he said about Maradona died on Wednesday his three-day private trip which PTI n KOLKATA “He (Maradona) has been hood hero on the sidelines of an at the age of 60 after cheating was co-sponsored by a local one of the most inspirational exhibition match at the Saltlake death more than once, leaving a politician among others, nearly ormer India captain players for me since the time I Stadium during Argentine’s visit cricket-mad nation devastated in nine years after his first visit to FBhaichung Bhutia on started watching football. I’ve to Kolkata in December 2008. an appropriate reflection of his the city. Thursday said Argentine foot- grown up watching him and “We just shook hands. I was immortal status. “The country really has ball legend Diego Maradona wanted to be like him,” the very, very nervous. My heart Many will remember the good players and a football was his inspiration behind tak- Sikkimese Sniper told PTI. was beating fast. To meet my way he swayed, slithered and school of boys. Football wants ing up the ‘beautiful game’ as a “It was just because of him childhood hero whom I had slalomed during his epochal India and India wants football. career option. I got up early in the morning to worshipped would remain as World Cup triumph in 1986 in Together with the people we will Paying his tribute to play in those wet and muddy was one of my best memories,” Mexico. A lot many in the ‘City bring football. I have always Maradona, who died at the age grounds. I was all inspired by Bhutia said. of Joy’ will recall how a little been very well received in India. of 60 in Buenos Aires on Maradona because I wanted to “It’s the biggest loss for bulky version of Maradona Thanks and kiss!” he had signed Wednesday night following a play like him. Definitely he had world football. There will be no huffed and puffed during a off, never to come back again. cardiac arrest, Bhutia said from a big impact in my career.” other big player to have played charity football game in Kolkata He also obliged his many young age he always aspired to The Indian football legend the game than Maradona in this three years ago. Diego Maradona (2nd right) gestures as former Indian cricketer captain Sourav Ganguly in Kolkata AFP/File Photo die-hard fans with photographs play like the football legend. had a chance to meet his child- era of world football.” He played against Indian and did not mind sitting on the cricket great Sourav Ganguly, was 57 when he came to Kolkata size statue of late Argentine Michael Lobo told PTI. pitch for that perfect frame. and sadness after his heart um three days prior to the Maradona in Kannur stadium,” who reacted to his death by say- in 2017, had managed to drib- football legend Diego Maradona In December 2017, he He then headed straight stopped beating on Wednesday. event. he said. ing that he lost his hero. ble, show glimpses of his deft left in the coastal belt of North dis- turned up in shorts in Kolkata, near the packed galleries and For the football-mad fans in Charles Antony, who sings Antony was lucky as he got Shock and disbelief gripped foot and even crooned Spanish trict by early next year, a senior enjoyed every bit of the madden- wowed his fans with shooting Kerala, 2012 was a god-send in 14 languages, recalled how the another opportunity to meet football-crazy Kerala as fans songs, as he sweated it out with minister said. ing attention even though the some footballs in the air. opportunity as they could catch “soccer god” hugged and sang Maradona, in Kolkata, and sing recalled the iconic footballer, a bunch of school children and Maradona’s statue is already gruelling session literally drained Cheered on by a delirious crowd, a glimpse of their hero from along with him a few Spanish before him. “I feel his love for who had visited the southern bid them adieu with a promise under making with a him as he was seen drenched in Maradona then hummed a cou- close quarters in Kannur. Such songs. “I have been a musician music is as important as football state for two days in October to “bring football” to India. Maharashtra-based artist work- sweat, pouring water on his ple of songs. was the craze for the 1986 for 25 years. But I got an iden- in his life,” Antony said. “He was 2012 for a private event. In another tribute, the Goa ing on the mould, Calangute head. It was not for nothing that World Cup winner that fans had tity as a singer when I sang a so humble and meeting him was The Argentine legend, who government will install the life- MLA and state Ports Minister But he had no complaints India reacted with shock, anger started converging at the stadi- Spanish song in front of an unforgettable experience.” 12

vijayawada Friday November 27 2020 tollywood Sukumar's former assistant, Raja Vaaru… fame Vinayak likely to KASI-YAZURVED TEAM UP introduce Bellamkonda in Hindi y now, its established Bellamkonda Sai Sreenivas FOR ROMANTIC-COMEDY is set for his Hindi debut with the remake of Telugu hit Chatrapati. To this end, the latest we hear is that VV Vinayak has b been offered to direct the project. While To roll in Amalapuram next Sujeeth Sign’s name was in the running sometime back, he made it clear that he is not month, the film will also taking up any remake on his Instagram space. But Vinayak, according to a source, is interested, mark the Telugu debut of especially after his departure from Lucifer Telugu remake. The direc- Love Mocktail tor was the one who intro- girl Rachana duced Sreenivas in Telugu cinema with Alludu Seenu Inder. She will be seen as a six years ago and shares a great professional and live-wire who doesn't see personal equation with the actor’s father eye-to-eye with Yazurved's Suresh. The source informs, part, finds NAGARAJ GOUD “In fact, it was Suresh who proposed the name of Vinayak to Hindi producers ne-film-old approached to spearhead the process. I will be speak- meet eye-to-eye with him. soon after it was Yazurved Gurram, four-five films but as they ing in Godavari slang for Vishwanath Reddy, who clear that the direc- who played the were massy in nature he the project and the prep has shot Manu, has been signed tor was not helming endearing Naidu had to turn them down already begun. We will roll on the cameraman, Lucifer Telugu o in last year’s delec- politely. “In fact, I never in Amalapuram on while Partha Saradhi, remake. Vinayak did- table romance dreamt of becoming a hero December 7 with a week’s who assisted Mani n’t think twice to give Raja Vaaru Rani Gaaru, is but out of the blue, Kasi schedule, followed by out- Sharma in the his consent for the now going solo with a road garu pitched me the road ings in and around Vizag. past, will deliver remake but his fee nego- movie peppered with movie and I felt the need to We will also be filming in the musical tiations are going on. He romance and comedy. The take it up. The story has Bengaluru for a couple of accompani- will be working with yet-to-be-titled film was come out really well. Post days. The idea is to wrap up ment. Vijayendra Prasad to tai- launched in a low-key man- this project, I want to strike the film in 26 days flat,” the lor the script to suit Hindi ner in Hyderabad earlier a balance between doing actor notes. audiences.” this week. Kasi Viswanath, main leads and supporting As far as his character who came close to directing roles,” he says, admitting goes, he states that he will Naga Shaurya last year, is that it feels nice to front a be seen as a simple vil- making his directorial project but at the same lager, while Rachana is debut with the project. He time, he feels a great sense playing a assisted Sukumar from of responsibility. live-wire Arya 2 and 1: Nenokkadine He goes on to mention who and shares proximity with that Kasi liked his body doesn't Allu Arjun as well. language, slang and dia- Kannada box-office smash logue delivery from Raja Love Mocktail girl Rachana Vaaru Rani Gaaru and the Inder is making her Telugu lead character in the road debut with the project, movie which also sees Satya and demand- Rajkumar Kasireddy in ed a simi- supporting roles. Varun, a lar charac- native of Kakinada, is pool- terisation. ing in resources. “And so, I was Talking to us, Yazurved offered the film. He was shares that after Raja Vaaru unyielding on my casting Rani Gaaru, he was and lost three producers in Clap inching Sandy signs towards completion a romantic he filming of joined the sets on the film’s makers but Singh and Krisha Aadhi Wednesday for the first with Clap, I simply Kurup as the leading entertainer Pinisetty’s time. Besides the said I’d do it. That’s ladies, while support- Telugu-Tamil national award winner, how much the story ing cast is stacked up fter playing real-life personalities like t sports drama Aadi and other princi- got my attention. It’s a with the likes of Vangaveeti Ranga and George Reddy, the Clap with pal cast are partaking heart-touching script Nassar, Krishna Kurup, usually choosy Sandeep Madhav aka debutant director in the shoot, the mak- and though many Ramdoss and a Sandy will be essaying a fictional charac- Prithivi Adithya has ers said. sports films have been Brahmaji. It is a mae- ter in debutant director JV Madhu resumed in Chennai Speaking about the made in the past, this stro Ilaiyaraaja musi- Kiran’s film. Madhu worked as a writer earlier this week-eight film earlier, Aadi, who one’s going to be dif- cal. with KS Ravindra aka Bobby in the past. The unti- months after the shoot will be seen as a 400- ferent.” Meanwhile, Prakash tled film is a romantic entertainer with commercial was stopped due to the metres athlete, had A joint venture Raj is the latest addi- bells and whistles. Noted cinematographer pandemic. Right now, said, “Usually after lis- between IB tion to Vishal and Arunkumar Surapaneni is debuting as a producer it is in the last leg of tening to a story, I Karthikeyan and M Arya-starrer film with the project, to be made under Halcyon shooting and the latest speak about my dates Raja Shekar Reddy, Enemy, directed by Movies banner. While more details are awaited, is that Prakash Raj has and remuneration to Clap sees Aakanksha Anand Shankar. according to a release, a popular actor will be seen in a crucial role in the film.

In the footsteps of his brother nand Vijay too is pumped up Deverakonda, about Middle Class Melodies who is basking in winning the appreciation of the glory of the audience and his brother a Middle Class opening up a café. On his Melodies, has part, he decided to offer a decided to follow in the deal to all those who visit footsteps of his brother Vijay the café this weekend. on the business front as well. “I am in good mood — Having received his first #MiddleClassMelodies. My paycheck for his sophomore friends opening a café and project, Anand decided to you know I celebrate every- spend it on investment. thing with you. So every- Along with his best buddies, body is welcome, have a he opened a café, Good good time, sagam bill naad- Vibes Only, at Khajaguda, hi, big hugs and kisses Hyderabad. “My first pay- meeku (sic),” he posted on check goes into bringing Twitter addressing his fol- you great food off screen lowers. and supporting my gang - Anand will be next seen we grew up dreaming in Pushpaka Vimanam together of good things and (working title), a comedy great times,” he wrote on thriller, with debutant Twitter. Damodar Attada.